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(1) Pit   [ Botany ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names
     
  The single central kernel or stone of a drupe or drupelet, also called endocarp which is the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp that contains the seed.  
     
(2) Pit  [ Botany ]
     
  A cavity in the wall of a plant cell where there is no secondary wall, as in fibre, tracheids, and vessels. A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.  
     
(3) Pit   [ Botany ]
     
  A natural hollow a concavity in a surface of an organ.  
     

 

 
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