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mesocarps

mesocarps is the plural of mesocarp.

Meaning of mesocarp

Noun

mesocarp (countable and uncountable, plural mesocarps)

  1. The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy
    • A few years ago a message from God was found in a tomato in Yorkshire. The Arabic letters were clearly visible, for those who could see them, spelled out in two halves of mesocarp, endocarp and seeds cradled within mandalas of indigestible skin.2013, Caspar Henderson, “Mystaceus”, in The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 198
    Synonyms:
    sarcocarp

Questions about mesocarps

What is mesocarps the plural of?
Mesocarps is the plural of mesocarp.

Words near mesocarps in the dictionary

  1. mesocarpal
  2. mesocarpia
  3. mesocarpic
  4. mesocarpium
  5. mesocarpous
  6. mesocarps
  7. mesocataclasite
  8. mesocataclasites
  9. mesocaudad
  10. mesocavern
  11. mesocaverns

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