aril
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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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The aril is a growth from the extremity of the seed-stalk, or from the placenta when there is no seed-stalk.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
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 Thomas, Jerome Beers
The fleshy scarlet covering formed around the naked seed in the yew is by some considered of the nature of an aril.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Fruit about size of child’s head or smaller, somewhat pear-shaped, juicy, pulp melon-like, 1 compartment with numerous seeds, each in a mucilaginous aril.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Each flower-stalk of their long racemes is situated in the aril of such a bract, and the peculiarity is quite a natural one, corresponding exactly to what is seen in the inflorescence of other families.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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