Definition of mesocarp. Meaning of mesocarp. Synonyms of mesocarp

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Definition of mesocarp

Mesocarp
Mesocarp Mes"o*carp, n. [Meso- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers. --Gray.

Meaning of mesocarp from wikipedia

- of a pome. Lastly, drupes are known for being one-seeded with a fleshy mesocarp; an example of this would be the peach. However, there are fruits where...
- or mesocarp) may be unpleasantly bitter and is generally avoided by limiting the peeling depth. Some citrus fruits have so little white mesocarp that...
- indehiscent type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single s**** (the pit, stone, or pyrena) of hardened...
- (exocarp) is thin and the bitter-sweet pulp (mesocarp) is yellowish-white and very fibrous. The mesocarp is 3–5 mm (1⁄8–1⁄4 in) thick. The white, hard...
- The carpels of a pome are fused within the "core". Although the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp of some other fruit types look very much like the skin, flesh...
- that has an outer fleshy part consisting of the exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh, which surround a single pit or stone, the endocarp with a seed...
- Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms. The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty...
- may be described in three layers from outer to inner, i.e., the epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp. Fruit that bears a prominent pointed terminal projection...
- French chemist M. Lebreton from the white inner layer of citrus peels (mesocarp, albedo). Hesperidin is believed to play a role in plant defense. 700–2...
- only the lower third of the dried mesocarp, which is less pungent. The hard inner seed underneath the fleshy mesocarp, like the pit of an avocado, cleaves...