stone, pit, 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
endocarp (plural endocarps)
(botany) The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed.
Source: Wiktionary
En"do*carp, n. Etym: [Endo- + Gr. endocarpe.] (Bot.)
Definition: The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
