mesocarp

mesocarp

English

Etymology

From meso- +‎ -carp (from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”)).

Noun

mesocarp (plural mesocarps)

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

Derived terms

• mesocarpic

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 中果皮 (zh) (zhōngguǒpí) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: mesocarp n Finnish: mesokarppi French: mésocarpe (fr) m German: Mesokarp (de) n, Sarkokarp n (fleshy), Fruchtfleisch (de) n (fleshy) Ido: mezokarpo (io) Polish: mezokarp m Portuguese: mesocarpo (pt) m Russian: межплодни́к (ru) m (mežplodník) Spanish: mesocarpio m Tagalog: gitbalok Turkish: mezokarp, orta kabuk Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• capsomer, compares, compears, pomeracs, precomas

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmeː.soːˈkɑrp/
• Hyphenation: me‧so‧carp
• Rhymes: -ɑrp

Noun

mesocarp n (uncountable)

1. mesocarp