aril

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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

Pistillate solitary; ovary, 3 locules and numerous ovules; stigma, 3 bifid divisions; fruit globose, narrowing at the ends, covered with tubercles; seeds numerous, lacking albumen, having red aril.

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

Fruit about size of child’s head or smaller, somewhat pear-shaped, juicy, pulp melon-like, 1 compartment with numerous seeds, each in a mucilaginous aril.

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

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