aril
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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 fruit is about the size of an ordinary walnut, with a thick rind, which, upon opening, at maturity, discloses a reddish aril covering the nut within.
From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Andrew S. Fuller
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 Jerome Beers Thomas
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 Jerome Beers Thomas
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
