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Drupes
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We usually eat the exocarp or mesocarp of a drupe |
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| Peach | ![]() |
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Coconut |
| Plum | ![]() |
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Walnut* When a walnut grows on a tree, it has an mesocarp, or a husk, that is removed before it enters the store. When we buy walnuts in the store, the shell is the stony endocarp to protects the seed. |
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Pecan* Pecans are just like walnuts in that their mesocarp is removed before they enter a store. |
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