aril

Example Sentences

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Seed of White Water Lily, enclosed in its aril.

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

The fleshy scarlet covering formed around the naked seed in the yew is by some considered of the nature of an aril.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

The seeds are edible, and the blue, pulpy aril surrounding them yields an essential oil.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Fruit ribbed, long, the compartments formed by reticular partitions; contains many irregular seeds, one border sharp, the other obtuse, covered by a very thin aril.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

The two Italian exiles, Carini aril Montanelli, accompanied me.

From The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Hugo, Victor