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Aril [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. AR'IL ,

2. AR'IL LATED,

Aril [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having an exterior covering or aril as coffee.

Aril [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Arillus

Ariled [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having an aril.

Arillate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Ariled

Arillus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The exterior coat or covering of a seed, fixed to it at the base only, investing it wholly or partially, and falling off spontaneously; by some writers called, from the Greek, Calyptra. It is either succulent, or cartilaginous; colored, elastic, rough or knotted.

Arillus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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