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endocarp en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈendōˌkärp/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From endo- + -carp.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed: the tissue (uncountable) or the structure that it composes (countable).
   • A few years ago a message from God was found in a tomato in Yorkshire. The Arabic letters were clearly visible, for those who could see them, spelled out in two halves of mesocarp, endocarp and seeds cradled within mandalas of indigestible skin. 2013, Caspar Henderson, “Mystaceus”, in The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 198:
   • Holonyms: pyrena < drupe, stone fruit

Forms

Deriveds

endocarpal · endocarpous

Translations (18)

it endocarpo (inner layer of the pericarp) · tl sulodbalok (inner layer of the pericarp) · pt endocarpo (inner layer of the pericarp) · ceb bagol (inner layer of the pericarp) · es endocarpio (inner layer of the pericarp) · el ενδοκάρπιο (inner layer of the pericarp) · nl endocarp (inner layer of the pericarp) · tl bao (inner layer of the pericarp) · fi endokarppi (inner layer of the pericarp) · pl endokarp (inner layer of the pericarp) · fr endocarpe (inner layer of the pericarp) · vi vỏ quả trong (inner layer of the pericarp) · io endokarpo (inner layer of the pericarp) · de Endokarp (inner layer of the pericarp) · cmn 內果皮 /内果皮 (inner layer of the pericarp) · ca endocarp (inner layer of the pericarp) · ru внутрипло́дник (inner layer of the pericarp) · ms tempurung (inner layer of the pericarp)