caroço

From Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”). Cognate with Galician carozo.

caroço m (plural caroços, metaphonic)

1. stone (hard nucleus of drupes)
2. (by extension) any hard seed found inside a fruit
3. (informal) growth (an abnormal mass, such as a tumour)
4. an undissolved chunk or pellet; for example, a pellet of dry flour in dough, or of dry dirt in mud

For quotations using this term, see Citations:caroço.

• Swahili: korosho