Sarcobasis

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

  Sarcobasis \Sar*cob"a*sis\, n.; pl. {Sarcobases}. [NL., fr. Gr.
     sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + ? base.] (Bot.)
     A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which
     contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in
     the mallows.
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