endocarp

Innermost fruit layer

The endocarp is the innermost layer of a fruit's wall, surrounding the seed.

In stone fruits like peaches and cherries, the endocarp is the hard pit; in citrus, it's the membrane around each segment.

The term appears mainly in botany and food science: The endocarp protects the seed during digestion by animals.

drupes

pit

Fruit's hard seed

cherry · olive · mango · almond · apricot · nectarine · date · avocado · lychee · coconut

structure

stone

Solid earth fragment

  • pitFruit's hard seed
  • shellHard outer covering
  • kernelSeed or essential core

husk · core · inner layer · woody · fibrous · calcified · hardened · protective · seed coat · lignin

botany

ovary

Female reproductive gland

  • drupeSeed-bearing fleshy fruit
  • pomeFruit with seedy core
  • berrySmall edible fruit

seed · kernel · cotyledon · endosperm · plumule · radicle · parenchyma · integument · testa

Opposites
fruit wall layer position

endocarpskin

Body's outer layer

peel · rind · flesh

fruit tissue type

endocarpflesh

Soft body matter

pulp

Family

carp, pericarp, carpel, endoscope, endoderm, endo

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