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(1) Stone  [ Pedology - Geology ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

     
   
     
(1) Stone  [ Botany ]
     
  A stone or endocarp is the hard covering enclosing the seed of certain fruits also called a pit,  
     
It is the hard, woody endocarp enclosing the seed in the central portion of a drupe or drupelet.
Fruits containing stones include the the cherry, plum, peach. olive, avocado, and others.
(2) Stone  [ Botany ]
     
  A small, hard, stone-like seed, (for example the seed of a date)  
     

 


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