Bot. [mod.L. f. Gr. ἀμφί about + σάρκα- flesh.] (See quot.)
1854. Balfour, Class-bk. Bot., 1097. Amphisarca, an indehiscent multilocular fruit with a hard exterior, and pulp round the seeds.
1880. Gray, Bot. Text-Bk., 395. Amphisarca, a hard-rinded berry, or fruit succulent within and woody or crustaceous without, as a calibash.