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sarcocarp en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɑː(ɹ)kəkɑː(ɹ)p/

Etymology

From sarco- + -carp.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The mesocarp (fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit).
    • 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. 1864, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Presents Are Delivered”, in A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. […], volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 332:
  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Any fruit which is fleshy throughout.

Forms

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Translations (8)

cmn 果肉 (fleshy part of a stone fruit) · fi hedelmäliha (fleshy part of a stone fruit) · fr fruit charnu (fruit which is fleshy) · cmn 肉果 (fruit which is fleshy) · pt sarcocárpio (fleshy part of a stone fruit) · es fruto carnoso (fruit which is fleshy) · fi mehevä hedelmä (fruit which is fleshy) · es sarcocarpio (fleshy part of a stone fruit)