Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the middle fleshy layer in the testa of some seed, especially when it becomes succulent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments.
- noun A sarcocarp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany A
fleshy covering of aseed , lying between the external and internalinteguments . - noun botany A
sarcocarp .
Etymologies
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sarco- + -derm
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