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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. 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.