(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:51:19

Sar*cob"a*sis (?), n.; pl. Sarcobases (#). [NL., fr. Gr. , , 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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