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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The middle, usually fleshy layer of a fruit wall.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In botany, the middle layer of a pericarp when it is possible to distinguish three dissimilar layers; the sarcocarp. It is the fleshy substance or edible part of fruits which lies between the epicarp and the endocarp. See cuts under drupe and endocarp.

Wiktionary

  1. n. botany The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Bot.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the middle layer of a pericarp

Etymologies

  1. meso- + Ancient Greek καρπός ("fruit"). (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The middle layer containing the toxic oil is called the mesocarp

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]

  • “Hyphaene compressa fruit (mesocarp) 10.73 1.95 15.09 7.5”

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  • “Uses: FOOD: The dark brown fruit pulp (mesocarp) is eaten raw (Pokomo, Boni, Swahili).”

    Chapter 7

  • “P. alba pods also usually have a thicker mesocarp indicating a greater pod sugar content.”

    Chapter 10

  • “It consists of a thin, pliable exocarp, an orange/red pulpy mesocarp and a hard nut containing a single kernel.”

    Chapter 6

  • “Aims of the breeders are, apart from a thin endocarp and and a thick mesocarp, to further shorten the unproductive growing period, to slow down and limit the height growth and to increase the fruit content.”

    1. Oil Plants and their Potential Use

  • “Me - mesocarp, EM = embryo, En = endocarp, Esp = endosperm, Kei = germ, Ha =”

    1. Oil Plants and their Potential Use

  • “· A by-product from cashew nut processing is a viscous liquid extracted from the mesocarp.”

    Chapter 4

  • “Second, there is palm oil proper, which comes from the fleshy mesocarp surrounding the nut.”

    Chapter 6

  • “The D produces a fruit with a pulp or mesocarp (the main store of oil) which is rather sparse and with a regular-shaped kernel protected by a very thick and hard shell.”

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