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Mesocarp vs Pericarp - What's the difference?

mesocarp | pericarp |

Pericarp is a related term of mesocarp.



In botany terms the difference between mesocarp and pericarp

is that mesocarp is the middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy while pericarp is the outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.

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.
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    pericarp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
  • (rare, figurative) The outer layer of any thing.
  • * 1974 , (Guy Davenport), Tatlin! :
  • He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, pericarp , and tip.

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