sarcocarp

Definitions

1. The mesocarp (fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit).
   countable, uncountable
2. Any fruit which is fleshy throughout.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

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