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arillode: A "false" aril, an appendicular structure that wholly or partly envelops a seed and is produced from or a modification of the outer integument or (in some Pinophyta) a subtending involucre, but not from the funicle or raphe, and thus is not ontogenetically derived from the placenta, usually fleshy or pulpy, sometimes spongy or tufted-capillate, often brightly colored.[1]
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Example(s): Example sentences from FNA : [1] hilum large, pale, or an arillode in Handeliodendron; [2] Seeds with crustaceous testa, wrapped with arillode;

References

  1. Categorical Glossary for the Flora of North America Project, by Robert W. Kiger and Duncan M. Porter. 2001. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.