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ar⋅il

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–noun Botany.
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
Origin:
1785–95; < NL arillus; ML: grape seed, prob. erroneously for armillus, with same sense; cf. Upper It dial. armella, arma kernel, pit of a fruit, It animella edible insides of an animal < L anima lit., spirit (hence, the insides of a thing), with -illa dim. suffix; see anima

Related forms:
ar⋅il⋅loid, adjective
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ar·il   (ār'əl)   
n.  A fleshy, usually brightly colored cover of a seed, arising from the hilum or funiculus.

[Medieval Latin arillus, grape seed.]
ar'iled adj., ar'il·late' (-lāt', -lĭt) adj.
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