ariln.
/ˈarɪl/ Botany.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > covering or skin
pillc1300
huskc1400
shell1561
tunicle1601
parchment1682
tunic1760
seed coat1776
aril1785
testa1796
perula1825
spermoderm1841
endopleura1842
test1846
arillode1854
tegmen1857
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 215 Two seeds..covered with an aril, or detached coat.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §297 The mace of the nutmeg is an arillus, adhering both to the hilum and micropyle.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 14 A sac-like fleshy aril.
1880 A. Gray Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) 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.
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arillary adj. /ˈærɪlərɪ/ of or pertaining to the aril.
/ˈærɪlərɪ/ of or pertaining to the aril.ΚΠ
1880 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon The arillary tunic.
arillate adj. /ˈærɪleɪt/ furnished or covered with an aril.
/ˈærɪleɪt/ furnished or covered with an aril.ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [adjective] > of parts > having or relating to covering, skin, or husk
hulled1577
arillate1830
seminal1833
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 148 Arillate seeds.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 13 Nymphæaceæ..seeds naked or arillate.
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ˈarillated adj.
ˈarilled adj.
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1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 379 Seeds many, arilled.
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aˈrilliform adj. having the form of an aril (A. Gray, 1880).
ˈarillode n. a false aril, which originates from the micropyle or rhaphe.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > parts of > covering or skin
pillc1300
huskc1400
shell1561
tunicle1601
parchment1682
tunic1760
seed coat1776
aril1785
testa1796
perula1825
spermoderm1841
endopleura1842
test1846
arillode1854
tegmen1857
1854 J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. 262 A false or micropylar aril, or sometimes Arillode.
1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. §297 Recent authors distinguish the true arillus..from the arillode, which originates at or near the micropyle.
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