Aril Definition

ărəl
noun
A fleshy, usually brightly colored cover of a seed, usually arising from the funiculus.
American Heritage
An additional covering that forms on certain seeds after fertilization, developing from the stalk of the ovule.
Webster's New World
A fleshy, usually brightly colored cover of a seed, usually arising from the funiculus.
American Heritage

A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

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Other Word Forms of Aril

Noun

Singular:
aril
Plural:
arils

Origin of Aril

  • Medieval Latin arillus grape seed from a Romance source akin to Italian arillo seed coat from Vulgar Latin arēnula grain of sand from diminutive of Latin arēna sand arena

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Medieval Latin arillus grape seed from a Romance source akin to Italian arillo seed coat from Vulgar Latin arēnula grain of sand from diminutive of Latin arēna sand arena

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Aril Sentence Examples

  • The fruit is ripe in July, and is an oval, yellowish, fleshy berry, containing twelve or more seeds, each surrounded by a pulpy outer coat or aril.

  • E.S.E., there is a 13th-century church, dedicated to St Aril, who, according to tradition, was martyred in the 9th century by unconverted Serbs.

  • The pulp is of the nature of an aril, that is, an additional seed-coat.

  • Nephelium Longana, the longan tree, also a native of southern China, is cultivated in that country, in the Malay Peninsula, India and Ceylon for its fruit, which is smaller than that of the litchi, being half an inch to an inch in diameter with a nearly smooth yellowishbrown brittle skin, and containing a pulpy aril resembling that of the litchi in flavour.

  • Its fruits resemble dangling pink lanterns, with four seeds inside that are covered with an orange fleshy layer called an aril.

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Words Starting With

AARARI

Words Ending With

LILRIL

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Words Starting With A and Ending With L

Starts With A & Ends With LStarts With AR & Ends With LStarts With A & Ends With IL

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With A4 Letter Words Ending With L