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aril Bot.|ˈærɪl|
[ad. mod.L. arillus (also in use; cf. mod.F. arille), f. med.L. arilli, Sp. arillos, raisins.]
See quot.
1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi. 208 Two seeds covered with an aril or detached coat. 1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. §297 The mace of the nutmeg is an arillus, adhering both to the hilum and micropyle. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 14 A sac-like fleshy aril. 1880Gray Bot. Text-bk. viii. 308 The true arillus is an accessory seed-covering, more or less incomplete, formed between the time of fertilization and the ripening of the seed, by a growth from the apex of the funiculus, at or just below the hilum.
Hence the derivatives: arillary |ˈærɪlərɪ|, a. of or pertaining to the aril. arillate |ˈærɪleɪt|, ˈarillated, ˈarilled, ppl. a., furnished or covered with an aril. aˈrilliform a., having the form of an aril (A. Gray, 1880). ˈarillode, a false aril, which originates from the micropyle or rhaphe.
1880Syd. Soc. Lex., The arillary tunic. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 148 Arillate seeds. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 13 Nymphæaceæ..seeds naked or arillate. 1876Harley Mat. Med. 379 Seeds many, arilled. 1854Balfour Bot. 262 A false or micropylar aril, or sometimes Arillode. 1857Henfrey Elem. Bot. §297 Recent authors distinguish the true arillus..from the arillode, which originates at or near the micropyle. |