Meanings
plural endocarps
- countableuncountablebiologyThe woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed: the tissue (uncountable) or the structure that it composes (countable).
Holonyms: pyrena < drupe, stone fruit
1 more example
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.
2013, Caspar Henderson, “Mystaceus”, in The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 198
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan endocarp
- endocarpinner layer of the pericarp
Chinese Mandarin 內果皮 /内果皮
- 內果皮 /内果皮 (nèiguǒpí)inner layer of the pericarp
Dutch endocarp
- endocarpinner layer of the pericarp
Finnish endokarppi
- endokarppiinner layer of the pericarp
French endocarpe
- endocarpeinner layer of the pericarp
German Endokarp
- Endokarpinner layer of the pericarp
Greek ενδοκάρπιο
- ενδοκάρπιο (endokárpio)inner layer of the pericarp
Italian endocarpo
- endocarpoinner layer of the pericarp
Malay tempurung
- tempurunginner layer of the pericarp
Polish endokarp
- endokarpinner layer of the pericarp
Portuguese endocarpo
- endocarpoinner layer of the pericarp
Russian внутрипло́дник
- внутрипло́дник (vnutriplódnik)inner layer of the pericarp
Spanish endocarpio
- endocarpioinner layer of the pericarp
Tagalog sulodbalok, bao
- sulodbalokinner layer of the pericarp
- baoinner layer of the pericarp
Vietnamese vỏ quả trong
- vỏ quả tronginner layer of the pericarp
Cite this entry
endocarp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocarp
“endocarp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocarp. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endocarp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endocarp.
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