English - Turkish
Definition of aril in English Turkish dictionary
- arillus
- tohum zarı
- (isim) tohum zarı
- bazı tohumların etrafında bulunan kese şeklinde ince zar
- (Gıda) tane
Turkish - Turkish
Definition of aril in Turkish Turkish dictionary
- Tohum tomurcuğunun dip kısmından gelişmiş olan şişkin etlenmiş örtü
- Kimyada, bir değerli karbonlu köklerin genel adı
English - English
Definition of aril in English English dictionary
- A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits
- {n} the outer coat of a seed
- A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed of the white water lily
- An outer covering or appendage of some seeds
- The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril
- fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed
- Special covering of certain seeds that commonly develops from the seed stalk. It is often a bright-coloured fleshy envelope, as in such woody plants as the yews and nutmeg and in members of the arrowroot family, oxalis, and the castor-oil plant. Animals are attracted to arils and eat the seeds, dispersing them in their wastes. The aril of nutmeg is the source of the spice known as mace
- {i} (Botany) fleshy covering on some seeds
Turkish - English
Definition of aril in Turkish English dictionary
- aryl