Meaning of endocarp | Babel Free

Definitions

The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed: the tissue (uncountable) or the structure that it composes (countable).

countable, uncountable

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“Holonyms: pyrena < drupe, stone fruit”

“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.”

CEFR level