date pit
Fruit's hard center
The date pit is the hard seed at the center of a date fruit, similar to a cherry pit or olive pit.
Date pits are typically discarded when eating, though they're sometimes ground into animal feed or roasted as a coffee substitute.
She bit into the date and nearly cracked a tooth on the pit.
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- kernelSeed or essential core
- fruitEdible plant ovary
- palmHand's flat interior
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