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| Noun | 1. 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.[Websters]. | |
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Date "ARILLUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ARILLUS
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] 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. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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