Mesocarp

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mesocarp \Mes"o*carp\, n. [Meso- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.)
     The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three
     distinct or dissimilar layers. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  mesocarp
       n : the middle layer of a pericarp