endocarp

English

Etymology

From endo- +‎ -carp.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈendōˌkärp/

  • Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: en‧do‧carp

Noun

endocarp (countable and uncountable, plural endocarps)

1. (botany) The 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

   • 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:

     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.

Derived terms

• endocarpal
• endocarpous

Translations

inner layer of the pericarp

• Catalan: endocarp m
• Cebuano: bagol (of coconuts)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 內果皮 / 内果皮 (zh) (nèiguǒpí)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: endocarp n
• Finnish: endokarppi
• French: endocarpe (fr) m
• German: Endokarp (de) n
• Greek: ενδοκάρπιο (el) n (endokárpio)
• Ido: endokarpo (io)
• Italian: endocarpo m
• Malay: tempurung (ms) (of palm fruits like coconuts)
• Polish: endokarp (pl) m
• Portuguese: endocarpo (pt) m
• Russian: внутрипло́дник (ru) m (vnutriplódnik)
• Spanish: endocarpio (es) m
• Tagalog: sulodbalok, bao (of coconuts)
• Vietnamese: vỏ quả trong

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.doːˈkɑrp/
• Hyphenation: en‧do‧carp
• Rhymes: -ɑrp

Noun

endocarp n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. endocarp

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French endocarpe.

Noun

endocarp n (plural endocarpuri)

1. endocarp

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	endocarp	endocarpul	endocarpuri	endocarpurile
genitive-dative	endocarp	endocarpului	endocarpuri	endocarpurilor
vocative	endocarpule		endocarpurilor