Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone and cartilage and blood and connective tissue;
[syn: mesoderm, mesoblast]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mesoblast \Mes"o*blast\, n. [Meso- + -blast.] (Biol.)
(a) The mesoderm.
(b) The cell nucleus; mesoplast.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mesoblast
n 1: the middle germ layer that develops into muscle and bone
and cartilage and blood and connective tissue [syn:
mesoderm, mesoblast]