SARCOCARP

Etymology

Noun

sarcocarp (plural sarcocarps)

(botany) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach.

Any fruit which is fleshy throughout.

Source: Wiktionary


Sar"co*carp, n. Etym: [Sacro- + Gr. sarcocarpe.] (Bot.)

Definition: the fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp.

Note: The term has also been used to denote, any fruit which is fleshy throughout. M. T. Masters.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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