sarcocarp
Americannoun
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the fleshy mesocarp of certain fruits, as the peach.
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any fruit of fleshy consistency.
noun
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the fleshy mesocarp of such fruits as the peach or plum
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any fleshy fruit
Etymology
Origin of sarcocarp
Example Sentences
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The pulpy matter found in the interior of fruits, such as the gooseberry, grape and others, is formed from the placentas, and must not be confounded with the sarcocarp.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
From the human standpoint the pulp, or sarcocarp, as it is scientifically called, is rather an annoyance, as it must be removed in order to procure the beans.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
No. 4 represents the endocarp, or last tegument of the berry; the sarcocarp, which should be found between the numbers 2 and 3, no longer exists, having been absorbed.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
Thus in the date the epicarp is the outer brownish skin, the pulpy matter is the mesocarp or sarcocarp, and the thin papery-like lining is the endocarp covering the hard seed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
First, the inner kernel of gas; second, the hard shell or endocarp; third, a viscous layer like the sarcocarp or pulp, and outside of all the wrinkled crust of exocarp.
From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous
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