Definition of endocarp in English:
endocarp
noun ˈɛndə(ʊ)kɑːpˈɛndoʊkɑrp
Botany The innermost layer of the pericarp which surrounds a seed in a fruit. It may be membranous (as in apples) or woody (as in the stone of a peach or cherry).
Example sentencesExamples
- The shell of the nut itself, which constitutes the endocarp, is hard, woody and brown.
- The fruits usually bear two or three seeds that are covered by an endocarp that opens when the fruit pulp is removed.
- Surface deposits are covering materials on seed coats and are apparently derived from the endocarp.
- In peach fruit, cell numbers in the endocarp appear to be fixed several weeks after full bloom.
- The seed is enclosed in a hard endocarp.
Derivatives
adjectiveɛndə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpɪk
Botany These plants could represent a good opportunity to observe gene expression in a perennial crop and the management of resistance against an endocarpic insect.
Origin
Early 19th century: from endo- 'within' + a shortened form of pericarp.