Mesocarp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The middle, usually fleshy layer of a fruit wall.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, the middle layer of a pericarp when it is possible to distinguish three dissimilar layers; the sarcocarp.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the middle layer of a pericarp
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seed vessel    pericarp