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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

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pl.

Sarcobases

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[NL., fr. Gr.

σάρξ

σάρκος

, flesh + [GREEK] 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.

sarcobasis

(botany) A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain relatively few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows.