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aril

/ar-il/US // ˈær ɪl //UK // (ˈærɪl) //

旱地,旱灾,旱厕,旱地马拉松

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.

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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.