aril
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of aril
1785–95; < New Latin arillus; Medieval Latin: grape seed, probably erroneously for armillus, with same sense; compare Upper Italian dialect armella, arma kernel, pit of a fruit, Italian animella edible insides of an animal < Latin anima literally, spirit (hence, the insides of a thing), with -illa diminutive suffix; see anima
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Calyx not minute; pod colored, dehiscent; seeds enclosed in a pulpy aril.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
It is attached to the placenta by the funicle f, cellular prolongations from which form an aril a a.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Seed vessel pyramidal, containing many seeds enveloped in an elastic aril by which they are ejected when the fruit opens.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Seed of White Water Lily, enclosed in its aril.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
The outer palet is to be considered as the metamorphosed leaf, in the aril of which the flower is produced.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
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