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fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed
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An aril is a fleshy covering of certain seeds formed from the funiculus (attachment point of the seed). The aril creates a fruit-like structure (called a false-fruit) and is produced by a few species of gymnosperms, notably the yews of the Family Taxaceae. Instead of having a cone-like structure as is typical of most gymnosperms, the reproductive structure of the yew consists of a single seed that becomes surrounded by a fleshy, cup-like covering. ...
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An accessory covering of certain seeds.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/X5327e/x5327e03.htm
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A specialized outgrowth or fleshy thickening of the seed coat.
Ãâó: forest.moscowfsl.wsu.edu/rmrs_gtr118/glossary.html
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An outgrowth from the hilum of a seeds and which may cover it an be edible as for passionfruits where the edible part is made of arils. See also Datura metel.
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