endocarp Bot.
(ˈɛndəʊkɑːp)
[f. as prec. + Gr. καρπ-ός fruit.]
The inner layer of a pericarp, which lines the cavity containing the seeds. It is fleshy, as in the orange; membranous, as in the apple; or hard, as in the peach.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 132 Fruit consisting of several capsules..the endocarp separating entirely from the sarcocarp. 1835 ― Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 3 In the peach..the stone [is] the endocarp or putamen. 1883 Evang. Mag. Oct. 460 The stone in the centre is..not the seed..but the ‘endocarp’ become stony by thickening and hardening of its cells. |