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aril

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈærɪl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plant part, plant structure

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: arilo — meat surrounding seed
  • Catalan: aril — meat surrounding seed
  • Czech: míšek — meat surrounding seed
  • Danish: frøkappe — meat surrounding seed
  • Dutch: zaadmantel — meat surrounding seed
  • Dutch: zaadrok — meat surrounding seed
  • Esperanto: arilo — meat surrounding seed
  • Esperanto: grajnomantelo — meat surrounding seed
  • Estonian: seemnerüü — meat surrounding seed
  • Estonian: arill — meat surrounding seed
  • Finnish: siemenvaippa — meat surrounding seed
  • French: arille — meat surrounding seed
  • Galician: arilo — meat surrounding seed
  • German: Arillus — meat surrounding seed
  • German: Samenmantel — meat surrounding seed
  • Indonesian: salut biji — meat surrounding seed
  • Indonesian: aril — meat surrounding seed
  • Irish: aral — meat surrounding seed
  • Italian: arillo — meat surrounding seed
  • Japanese: 仮種皮 — meat surrounding seed
  • Kazakh: aриллус (arillus) — meat surrounding seed
  • Lithuanian: sėklamakštė — meat surrounding seed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: frøkappe — meat surrounding seed
  • Polish: osnówka — meat surrounding seed
  • Portuguese: arilo — meat surrounding seed
  • Russian: ари́ллус (aríllus) — meat surrounding seed
  • Russian: кро́велька (króvelʹka) — meat surrounding seed
  • Russian: присемя́нник (prisemjánnik) — meat surrounding seed
  • Russian: присеме́нник (priseménnik) — meat surrounding seed
  • Spanish: arilo — meat surrounding seed
  • Swedish: arillusfrukt — meat surrounding seed
  • Tagalog: lamukot — meat surrounding seed
  • Tamil: ஏரில் (ēril) — meat surrounding seed
  • Thai: เยื่อหุ้มเมล็ด (yʉ̂ʉa-hûm-má-lét) — meat surrounding seed
  • Ukrainian: принасінник (prynasinnyk) — meat surrounding seed
  • Ukrainian: ари́люс (arýljus) — meat surrounding seed