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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Endocarp \En"do*carp\, noun [Endo- + Gr. ? fruit: cf. F. endocarpe.] (Bot.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
endocarp
noun: 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}]
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