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aril

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Noun
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ar=il

CIDE DICTIONARY

ariln. [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]

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

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