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Mesocarp vs Endosperm - What's the difference?

mesocarp | endosperm |

As nouns the difference between mesocarp and endosperm

is that mesocarp is (botany) the middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit in many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy while endosperm is (biology) tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid.

mesocarp

English

(wikipedia mesocarp)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy.

    • Anagrams

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    endosperm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid

    • Derived terms

    * endospermic

    External links

    * ("endosperm" on Wikipedia)