aril

Meaning of aril

noun

an extra seed covering, typically coloured and hairy or fleshy, e.g. the red fleshy cup around a yew seed.

mid 18th century: from modern Latin arillus, of unknown origin; perhaps related to medieval Latin arilli ‘dried grape stones’.

Information about aril

It is a name.
The plural form of aril is: arils.
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Hyphenation of aril

aril

It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
aril is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Translation of aril

Spanish: arilo
French: arille
Italian: arillo
Portuguese: arilo

Anagrams of aril

lair, Lari, lari, liar, Lira, lira, rail, rial

Words that rhyme with aril

courbaril, Caril, Tandearil, tandearil, tendearil, menogaril, Charil, Karil, mellaril, Maril, Temaril, Zomaril, cromaril, tremaril, pleconaril, Vistaril, vistaril, disoxaril, Clozaril

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