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 Asa Gray
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 Frederick John Lazell
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 Hugo de Vries
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 William Saunders
The outer palet is to be considered as the metamorphosed leaf, in the aril of which the flower is produced.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
