Sarcocarp (Gr. “flesh” + “fruit”), or mesocarp, is a botanical term for the succulent and fleshy middle layer of the pericarp of drupaceous fruit, between the exocarp and the endocarp; it is usually the part of the fruit that is eaten. The term may also refer to any fruit which is fleshy throughout.
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B-V colour is one of the two color indices in the UBV photometric system.
Astronomers measure the amount of light a star gives off in different colors. Hot stars give off more blue light than red; cool stars give off more red light than blue. Colored filters are used to measure different wavelengths of light from stars. The magnitude of the star is measured first through a standardized B-band (”blue”) filter. Then the star’s magnitude is measured through a V-band (”visible”, peaking in green) filter. The value of V is subtracted from B to get the B-V color index.
As a star gets cooler and therefore more red, the B-V color index increases, since smaller magnitudes correspond to brighter light. Hot stars have a small B-V and cool stars have a large B-V. Hotter stars therefore appear to the left on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and cooler stars appear on the right.