endocarp

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsstonepit

   Broaderpericarp

   Narrowerpeach pitcherry stone

Other forms of endocarp

plural

endocarps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about endocarp

What does endocarp mean?

endocarp means "the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed".

How many syllables are in endocarp?

endocarp has 3 syllables: en-do-carp. The stress falls on "en".

What is another word for endocarp?

Close synonyms include stone, pit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is endocarp a common word?

endocarp is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.