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Definitions of arils in various dictionaries:
noun - fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed
adj - an outer covering of certain seeds [n -S] : ARILED, ARILLATE, ARILLOID
ARILS - An aril (pro noun ced ), also called an arillus, is a specialized outgrowth from a seed that partly or completely covers the seed. An arillode or false...
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| Seed coverings |
| Seed covers |
| Nutmeg covers |
| Seed coats |
| Botanical coverings |
| Nutmeg coats, e.g. |
| Botanical appendages |
| Edible pomegranate parts |
| Nutmeg coverings |
| Botanical casings |
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| Plural form of aril. |
| an extra seed covering, typically coloured and hairy or fleshy, e.g. the red fleshy cup around a yew seed. |
| An extra seed covering, typically coloured and hairy or fleshy, e.g. the red fleshy cup around a yew seed. |
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An Aril (pronounced ), also called an arillus, is a specialized outgrowth from a seed that partly or completely covers the seed. An arillode or false aril is sometimes distinguished: whereas an aril grows from the attachment point of the seed to the ovary (from the funiculus or hilum), an arillode forms from a different point on the seed coat. The term "aril" is sometimes applied to any fleshy appendage of the seed in flowering plants, such as the mace of the nutmeg seed. Arils and arillodes are often edible enticements that encourage animals to transport the seed, thereby assisting in seed dispersal. Pseudarils are aril-like structures commonly found on the pyrenes of Burseraceae species that develop from the mesocarp of the ovary. The fleshy, edible pericarp splits neatly in two halves, then falling away or being eaten to reveal a brightly coloured pseudaril around the black seed. * The aril may create a fruit-like structure, called (among other names) a false fruit. False fruit are fo |