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Definition of Sarcocarp

1. n. 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.

Definition of Sarcocarp

1. Noun. (botany) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. ¹

2. Noun. Any fruit which is fleshy throughout. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sarcocarp

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Medical Definition of Sarcocarp

1. The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. The term has also been used to denote, any fruit which is fleshy throughout. Origin: Sacro- + Gr. Fruit: cf. F. Sarcocarpe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcocarp

Literary usage of Sarcocarp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The sarcocarp or mesocarp, is the parenchy- matous part, in which are found collected all the vessels of the fruit. It is excessively developed in fleshy ..."

2. Elements of Physiophilosophy by Lorenz Oken (1847)
"in essence the sarcocarp. For this is the directly edible part of the plant, that eg which does not need being cooked. 1339. The nutritious substance of the ..."

3. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1854)
"Secondly, the fleshy pulp, or sarcocarp, is developed, and becomes sour by absorbing from the air an excess of oxygen, which is the proper acidifying prin ..."

4. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"It consists of three different parts, the epicarp, the sarcocarp, and the endocarp ; terms contrived by Richard, and useful in practice. ..."

5. An Introduction to Botany by John Lindley (1839)
"It consists of three different parts, the epicarp, the sarcocarp, and the endocarp ; terms contrived by Richard, and useful in practice. ..."

6. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1854)
"In the cherry and plum, the sarcocarp is the part of the fruit which is eaten. In the almond the seed or pu- tamen is used as fruit, while its leathery ..."

7. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The sarcocarp or mesocarp, is the parenchy- matous part, in which are found collected all the vessels of the fruit. It is excessively developed in fleshy ..."

8. Elements of Physiophilosophy by Lorenz Oken (1847)
"in essence the sarcocarp. For this is the directly edible part of the plant, that eg which does not need being cooked. 1339. The nutritious substance of the ..."

9. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1854)
"Secondly, the fleshy pulp, or sarcocarp, is developed, and becomes sour by absorbing from the air an excess of oxygen, which is the proper acidifying prin ..."

10. An Introduction to Botany by John ( Lindley (1839)
"It consists of three different parts, the epicarp, the sarcocarp, and the endocarp ; terms contrived by Richard, and useful in practice. ..."

11. An Introduction to Botany by John Lindley (1839)
"It consists of three different parts, the epicarp, the sarcocarp, and the endocarp ; terms contrived by Richard, and useful in practice. ..."

12. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1854)
"In the cherry and plum, the sarcocarp is the part of the fruit which is eaten. In the almond the seed or pu- tamen is used as fruit, while its leathery ..."

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