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ARIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aril mean?
• ARIL (noun)
The noun ARIL has 1 sense:
1. fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed
Familiarity information: ARIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("aril" is a kind of...):
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
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