aril
/ar-il/US // ˈær ɪl //UK // (ˈærɪl) //
旱地,旱灾,旱厕,旱地马拉松
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n.名词 noun
- 1
Botany.
- : a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inintegument
as inhusk
Synonyms
Examples
By the end of Aril, the several armies seemed to be ready, and the general forward movement on Corinth began.
Seed vessel pyramidal, containing many seeds enveloped in an elastic aril by which they are ejected when the fruit opens.
Calyx not minute; pod colored, dehiscent; seeds enclosed in a pulpy aril.
Seeds many in several rows on the lateral placenta, with a fleshy lacerate aril on one side.
The pulp is of the nature of an aril, that is, an additional seed-coat.
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