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Definition of Arillate
1. Adjective. (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover.
Definition of Arillate
1. a. Having an aril.
Definition of Arillate
1. aril [adj] - See also: aril
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arillate
Literary usage of Arillate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"Seeds usually arillate. Albumen none. Embryo curved or twisted or' rarely straight,
... Leaves abruptly pinnate; fruit of 1 or 2 cocci; seed arillate 3. ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"... claws of the petals, terminating in glandular bristles at the apex. Stamens 5.
Stigmas 4, sessile. Capsule 4-valved, 1-celled. Seeds arillate, numerous. ..."
3. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"Seeds arillate. Stamens perigynous. 1. CLEMATIS, Linn. Sepals 4 (sometimes more
in foreign species), colored and petal-like, valvate in the bud. ..."
4. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1891)
"... the seeds with a red aril open above. • * Fruit indehiscent: leaves alternate
or opposite: seeds not arillate. ..."
5. Synoptical Flora of North America by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1897)
"-I.-- Forming a dry and dehiscent fruit : seeds laterally arillate : embryo
minute : leaves compound ... Seeds oblong, naked (not arillate). 7. PODOPHYLLUM. ..."
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