aril

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But on closer inspection we observe that the flower stalks are combined into little groups, each group occupying the aril of one of the basal leaves.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

The fruit is about the size of an ordinary walnut, with a thick rind, which, upon opening, at maturity, discloses a reddish aril covering the nut within.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.

Each flower-stalk of their long racemes is situated in the aril of such a bract, and the peculiarity is quite a natural one, corresponding exactly to what is seen in the inflorescence of other families.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

The aril is a growth from the extremity of the seed-stalk, or from the placenta when there is no seed-stalk.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

And think of what else he says of it: ‘Ovary ovoid, stigma sessile, undulate, seeds covering the lateral placenta, each enclosed in an aril.’

From Some Spring Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John