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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" [syn: stone, pit, endocarp]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French endocarpe Date: 1830 the inner layer of the pericarp of a fruit (as an apple or orange) when it consists of two or more layers of different texture or consistency

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the innermost layer of the pericarp. Derivatives: endocarpic adj. Etymology: ENDO- + PERICARP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Endocarp En"do*carp, n. [Endo- + Gr. ? fruit: cf. F. endocarpe.] (Bot.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.