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aril (AR-il) - n., (bot.) a fleshy exterior covering of some seeds that develops after fertilization as an outgrowth from the ovule stalk
Such as the "fruit" of yew berries and pomegranate seeds -- the fleshy covering of a nutmeg or a lychee develops from other structures of the seed, and so sometimes called an arillode or false aril. From New Latin arillus, ultimately from Medieval Latin, arillus, grape seed, after which the trail goes wild, as in every dictionary I've checked has a different etymology for that, though most source it to some non-Latin Italic language.
---L.
Such as the "fruit" of yew berries and pomegranate seeds -- the fleshy covering of a nutmeg or a lychee develops from other structures of the seed, and so sometimes called an arillode or false aril. From New Latin arillus, ultimately from Medieval Latin, arillus, grape seed, after which the trail goes wild, as in every dictionary I've checked has a different etymology for that, though most source it to some non-Latin Italic language.
---L.
