Aril

Definition: Aril

Aril

Noun

1. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.

Crosswords: Aril

English words defined with "aril": Arillus ♦ Celastric articulatus, Celastrus orbiculatus ♦ Exarillate ♦ Japan bittersweet, Japanese bittersweet ♦ oriental bittersweet ♦ strawberry bush. (references)

Specialty definitions using "aril": PAULLINIA FUSCESCENS. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Aril

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A fleshy aril surrounds each seed in this European yew

An aril is a fruit-like structure (called a false-fruit) 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 surrounded by a fleshy, cup-like covering, about the size of a large pea. In the photograph of a European yew (Taxus baccata), note that the aril starts out as a small, green band at the base of the seed (far left), then turns brown to red as it enlarges and surrounds the seed, eventually becoming fleshy and scarlet in color at maturity. The aril is attractive to birds and non-toxic (all other parts of the yew are toxic), serving therefore to promote dispersal of the seed by birds.

In the juniper (Family Cupressaceae), the cone-like reproductive structure has fleshy scales that grow together, forming a berry-like structure about the size of a pea, and blue at maturity.

See also: fruit, Cedar waxwing

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aril."

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Commercial Usage: Aril

Domain	Title
Books	Aril Edvardsen : mannen og bevegelsen i Sarons Dal (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: Aril

"Aril" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Aril" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	60%	3	202,518
Noun (proper)	40%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	5	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Aril

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "aril": aril-less.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Aril

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
aril	13
aril lavigne	12
aril levine	10
aril levine naked	3
aril levine nude	3
aril laving	2
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Modern Translation: Aril

Language		Translations for "aril"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		cipë (film, fur, husk, integument, involucre, membrane, Peel, peeling, pellicle, tegument). (various references)

Arabic		‏الجفت الغلاف الخارجي لبعض البذور. (various references)

Bulgarian		обвивка (casing, coat, covering, encasement, envelope, envelopment, husk, jacket, mantle, sheath, sheeting, shell, tegument, tunic, wrap, wrappage, wrapping). (various references)

Danish		froekappe (arillus). (various references)

Dutch		zaadrok (arillus), zaadmantel (arillus). (various references)

Finnish		arillus (arillus), siemenvaippa (arillus). (various references)

French		arille (arillus). (various references)

German		Arillus (arillus), Samenmantel (arillus). (various references)

Greek		περικάρπιο (capsule, follicle, pericarp, seedvessel), επίσπερμον (arillus). (various references)

Hungarian		maglepel. (various references)

Italian		arillo (arillus). (various references)

Pig Latin		arilay

Portuguese		arilo (arillus, grape seed). (various references)

Russian		шелуха (glume, husk, pod, shuck). (various references)

Spanish		arilo (arillus). (various references)

Swedish		arillus (arillus), frömantel (arillus). (various references)

Turkish		tohum zarı (pericarp, tegument). (various references)

Ukrainian		лушпайка (cod, husk), лузга (shellings, shucks). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Aril

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	arillus. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Aril

Derivations
	Words beginning with "aril": ariled, arillate, arillode, arillodes, arilloid, arils. (additional references)
	Words containing "aril": arbitrarily, barilla, barillas, blearily, camarilla, camarillas, carillon, carillonned, carillonneur, carillonneurs, carillonning, carillons, cascarilla, cascarillas, charily, cigarillo, cigarillos, complementarily, complimentarily, contemporarily, contrarily, culinarily, customarily, dietarily, disciplinarily, documentarily, drearily, elementarily, evolutionarily, exemplarily, extemporarily, extraordinarily, fragmentarily, hereditarily, hoarily, honorarily, imaginarily, involuntarily, legendarily, literarily, mercenarily, militarily, momentarily, monetarily, necessarily, ordinarily, pecuniarily, preliminarily, primarily, revolutionarily, rudimentarily. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Aril" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abil, Abill, acil, acral, acril, adil, afil, agil, agryl, ahil, airal, airel, airiel, airile, aixl, ajil, akil, alil, alir, Amil, apil, Apilu, aprel, apri, april, aqil, aral, Arall, Araly, Arbi, Areall, areel, areil, arek, arel, arele, areol, argl, ari, arib, Aric, arie, arif, arig, Arik, Arild, arile, arim, ario, arioli, ariq, arit, ariu, Arix, ariz, arl, arla, arli, Arlit, arlk, Aroll, Arpi, Arpil, arral, Arrale, arralt, arri, arric, arul, arvil, asil, atil, atrilm, auil, aurii, avil, Avrel, avril, Avrili, awil, ayril, Azil, barli, caril, cril, Errill, faril, Farril, garil, Gavril, haril, iral, irile, irrel, narial, oirl, oril, orli, pril, Raila, raili, railn, railw, raiq, rali, ril, uril, vril, wril. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Aril

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: lair, lari, liar, lira, rail, rial.
	Words within the letters "a-i-l-r"
	-1 letter: ail, air, lar, ria.
	-2 letters: ai, al, ar, la, li.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-l-r"
	+1 letter: argil, ariel, arils, brail, drail, filar, flair, frail, glair, grail, hilar, laari, laird, lairs, laris, liard, liars, libra, lidar, liras, pilar, rails, rials, rival, riyal, trail, trial, urial, viral.
	+2 letters: aerial, aerily, airily, aldrin, aliner, archil, argali, argils, aridly, ariels, ariled, artily, aswirl, atrial, awhirl, bailer, bailor, brails, brasil, brazil, bridal, burial, carlin, caroli, chiral, citral, curial, derail, dialer, drails, eclair, fairly, ferial, flairs, foliar, frails, frazil, garlic, glaire, glairs, glairy, gloria, grails, hailer, irreal, jailer, jailor, lacier, lairds, laired, lakier, lariat, larine, latria, lazier, liards, librae, libras, lidars, linear, lizard, lorica, mailer, marlin, mitral, nailer, narial, oorali, palier, pillar, primal, racial, racily, radial, railed, railer, ramtil, ratlin, realia, redial, relaid, remail, renail, resail, retail, retial, rhinal, rialto, ribald, rictal, ritual, rivals, riyals, sailer, sailor, serail, serial, spiral, tailer, tailor, trails, trials, tribal, trinal, uracil, urials, urinal, wailer, warily.
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