Aril (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Botany.
  1. a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
noun
  1. an appendage on certain seeds, such as those of the yew and nutmeg, developed from or near the funicle of the ovule and often brightly coloured and fleshy
    Aril (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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