aril

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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 Vries, Hugo de

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

Seed vessel pyramidal, containing many seeds enveloped in an elastic aril by which they are ejected when the fruit opens.

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

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 Lazell, Frederick John

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