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aril

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

ar=il

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun aril has 1 sense

aril(n = noun.plant) - fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed;

CIDE DICTIONARY

aril, n. [From LL. arilli dry grapes, perh. fr. L. aridus dry: cf. F,. arille.].

A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed of the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

aril, n. Bot. an extra seed-covering, often coloured and hairy or fleshy, e.g. the red fleshy cup around a yew seed.

Derivative

arillate adj.

Etymology

mod.L arillus: cf. med.L arilli dried grape-stones