sarco

‖n.; pl. Sarcobases [ NL., fr. Gr. sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &unr_; 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sarco- + -blast. ] (Zool.) A minute yellowish body present in the interior of certain rhizopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sarco- + Gr. &unr_; fruit: cf. F. sarcocarpe. ] (Bot.) The fleshy part of a stone fruit, situated between the skin, or epicarp, and the stone, or endocarp, as in a peach. See Illust. of Endocarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term has also been used to denote any fruit which is fleshy throughout. M. T. Masters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &unr_; tumor: cf. F. sarcocèle. ] (Med.) Any solid tumor of the testicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. sarcocolla, from Gr. &unr_;; sa`rx, sa`rkos, flesh + &unr_; glue: cf. F. sarcocolle. ] A gum resin obtained from certain shrubs of Africa (Penaea), -- formerly thought to cause healing of wounds and ulcers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; fleshy; sa`rx, flesh + e'i^dos form. Cf. Sarcoid. ] (Biol.) A name applied by Dujardin in 1835 to the gelatinous material forming the bodies of the lowest animals; protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. sarcoderma. See Sarco-, and Derm. ] (Bot.) (a) A fleshy covering of a seed, lying between the external and internal integuments. (b) A sarcocarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to sarcode. [ 1913 Webster ]