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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a false aril: sometimes applied to a form of aril which originates from the micropyle or raphe instead of at or below the hilum, as in the nutmeg. Also spelled
arilode .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A structure resembling an
aril , that comes from theovule as opposed to the stalk.
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