stone fleshy fruit![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruit whose seed is surrounded by three distinct layers: an exocarp, a fleshy mesocarp and an extremely hard stone, or endocarp.
usual terms ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
technical terms ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
section of a peach ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
almond ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.
peduncle ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part of the fruit that once attached it to the terminal offshoot of the twig or branch.
exocarp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruit’s outer layer, covering the mesocarp.
mesocarp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Plump part of the fruit, usually sweet and juicy.
endocarp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruit’s interior layer that surrounds and protects the seed; it is rough and extremely hard.
seed ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.
seed coat ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Protective casing covering the embryo and the nutrients stored in the seed.
style ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Visible remnant of the flower’s style, now withered, that once connected the stigma to the ovary.
stone ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruit’s interior layer that surrounds and protects the seed; it is rough and extremely hard.
flesh ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Plump part of the fruit, usually sweet and juicy.
skin ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruit’s outer layer, covering the flesh.
stalk ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Part of the fruit that once attached it to the terminal offshoot of the twig or branch.