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The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

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  1. n. The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
  2. n. the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
  3. n the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed