sarcocarp

English

Etymology

From sarco- +‎ -carp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː(ɹ)kəkɑː(ɹ)p/

Noun

sarcocarp (countable and uncountable, plural sarcocarps)

1. (botany) The mesocarp (fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit).
   • 1864, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Presents Are Delivered”, in A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 332:

     In throwing Afa, the reverend man, or the scholar, if sufficiently advanced, takes 16 of the fleshy nuts of a palm, resembling the cocoa-tree; these are cleared of sarcocarp, and are marked with certain Afa-du, or Afa strokes.

2. (archaic) Any fruit which is fleshy throughout.

Translations

fleshy part of a stone fruit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 果肉 (zh) (guǒròu)

• Finnish: hedelmäliha (fi)
• Portuguese: sarcocárpio m
• Spanish: sarcocarpio m

fruit which is fleshy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肉果 (zh) (ròuguǒ)

• Finnish: mehevä hedelmä
• French: fruit charnu (fr) m
• Spanish: fruto carnoso m

References

• “sarcocarp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• acrocarps