aril

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It is attached to the placenta by the funicle f, cellular prolongations from which form an aril a a.

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

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 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

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

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