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Meaning of mesocarp | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Fruchtfleisch Mesokarp Sarkokarp
Español mesocarpio
Suomi mesokarppi
Français mésocarpe
Nederlands mesocarp
Português mesocarpo
Русский межплодни́к

Examples

“A few years ago a message from God was found in a tomato in Yorkshire. The Arabic letters were clearly visible, for those who could see⟳ them, spelled out in two halves of mesocarp, endocarp and seeds cradled within mandalas of indigestible skin.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

mesocarpium mesocataclasite mesocavern Mesocco mesocenozoic mesocephalic

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