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mesocarp

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

4 more languages
Nederlandsmesocarp
Portuguêsmesocarpo

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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