endocarp
/en-duh-kahrp/US // ˈɛn dəˌkɑrp //UK // (ˈɛndəˌkɑːp) //
内果层,内果壳,内果皮,内果部
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Botany.
- : the inner layer of a pericarp, as the stone of certain fruits.
Examples
Beneath this is a part like tissue paper, spoken of technically as the parchment, but known scientifically as the endocarp.
The endocarp is usually hard, forming the stone (putamen) of the fruit, which encloses the kernel or seed.
Fruit fleshy and drupe-like, pear shaped; the globose endocarp thin.
Fruit with a fibrous-fleshy indehiscent epicarp, and a mostly rough irregularly furrowed endocarp or nut-shell.
Fruit wedge-shaped or club-shaped, more or less corky toward the summit, the hard endocarp perforated at the apex.
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