Associations to the word «Endocarp»

Wiktionary

ENDOCARP, noun. (botany) The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed.

Dictionary definition

ENDOCARP, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats