caroço
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karudion), from κάρυον (karuon, “nut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
caroço m (plural caroços)
- stone (hard nucleus of drupes)
- (by extension) any hard seed found inside a fruit
- (informal) growth (an abnormal mass, such as a tumour)
- an undissolved chunk or pellet; for example, a pellet of dry flour in dough, or of dry dirt in mud