aril

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/ˈærɪl/

noun

A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

OriginNew Latin arillus ← Medieval Latin arilli →
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Meanings

nounaril (plural arils)

plural arils · alternative arillus

  1. biologyA tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinarilli
  2. New Latinarillus
  3. Englisharil

1785. From New Latin arillus (compare modern French arille and the English doublet arillus), from Medieval Latin arilli.

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Translations

Basque arilo
  • arilomeat surrounding seed
Catalan aril
  • arilmeat surrounding seed
Czech míšek
  • míšekmeat surrounding seed
Danish frøkappe
  • frøkappemeat surrounding seed
Dutch zaadmantel, zaadrok
  • zaadmantelmeat surrounding seed
  • zaadrokmeat surrounding seed
Esperanto arilo, grajnomantelo
  • arilomeat surrounding seed
  • grajnomantelomeat surrounding seed
Estonian seemnerüü, arill
  • seemnerüümeat surrounding seed
  • arillmeat surrounding seed
Finnish siemenvaippa
  • siemenvaippameat surrounding seed
French arille
  • arillemeat surrounding seed
German Arillus, Samenmantel
  • Arillusmeat surrounding seed
  • Samenmantelmeat surrounding seed
Indonesian salut biji, aril
  • salut bijimeat surrounding seed
  • arilmeat surrounding seed
Irish aral
  • aralmeat surrounding seed
Italian arillo
  • arillomeat surrounding seed
Japanese 仮種皮
  • 仮種皮meat surrounding seed
Lithuanian sėklamakštė
  • sėklamakštėmeat surrounding seed
Polish osnówka
  • osnówkameat surrounding seed
Portuguese arilo
  • arilomeat surrounding seed
Russian ари́ллус, кро́велька
  • ари́ллус (aríllus)meat surrounding seed
  • кро́велька (króvelʹka)meat surrounding seed
  • присемя́нник (prisemjánnik)meat surrounding seed
  • присеме́нник (priseménnik)meat surrounding seed
Spanish arilo
  • arilomeat surrounding seed
Swedish arillusfrukt
  • arillusfruktmeat surrounding seed
Tagalog lamukot
  • lamukotmeat surrounding seed
Tamil ஏரில்
  • ஏரில் (ēril)meat surrounding seed
Thai เยื่อหุ้มเมล็ด
  • เยื่อหุ้มเมล็ด (yʉ̂ʉa-hûm-má-lét)meat surrounding seed
Ukrainian принасінник, ари́люс
  • принасінник (prynasinnyk)meat surrounding seed
  • ари́люс (arýljus)meat surrounding seed

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

railliarliralairriallari
Cite this entry
APA

aril. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aril

MLA

“aril.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aril. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aril,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aril.

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