Definitions for mesocarp

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mesocarp mes·o·carp

Spelling: [mez-uh-kahrp, mes-, mee-z Mesocarp is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 581 anagrams from letters in mesocarp (acemoprs).

Definitions for mesocarp

noun

1. the middle layer of pericarp, as the fleshy part of certain fruits.

Origin of mesocarp

First recorded in 1840-50; meso- + -carp

Examples for mesocarp

The cells of the mesocarp become as large as 100 µ broad, but in the inner parts of the layer they become very much flattened.

The stone enclosing the kernel is called the endocarp, while the pulpy or succulent part is called the mesocarp.

mesocarp, the middle part of a pericarp, when that is distinguishable into three layers, 120.