Definition of Arillode

1. n. A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.

Definition of Arillode

1. a type of aril [n -S] - See also: aril

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arillode

ariel gazelle
ariels
aries
arietation
arietations
arietta
ariettas
ariette
ariettes
aright
aril
ariled
arillary
arillate
arilli
arillode (current term)
arillodes
arilloid
arillus
arils
ariolater
ariolaters
ariolation
ariose
ariosi
arioso
ariosos
ariot
aripiprazole
aripple

Literary usage of Arillode

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1855)
"In either case, whether this accessory coating be of the nature of arillus or arillode, it is clear, if it be entire, that the raphe must necessarily be ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"This view was afterwards modified by Dr. Planchon, who gave to the false arillus the name of arillode. Both kinds are alike in texture, form, and colour, ..."

3. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Joseph Decaisne, Emmanuel Le Maout (1876)
"with hairy arillode. Seed crowned by Scp 1 capped by n Heartsease. ... 621) the tuft of hairs which crowns the seed is also an arillode proceeding from the ..."

4. Annales des sciences naturelles by Adolphe Brongniart, Antoine Guillemin, Joseph Decaisne, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Julien Costantin, Pierre Allorge, Louis Blaringhem (1862)
"Si l'on écarte avec la pointe d'une épingle les replis de l'arillode sur le micropyle des graines de ..."

5. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1884)
"Seeds with a complete arillode, albumen fleshy ; embryo straight. DISTRIB. Temp. ... Capsule J in. deeply 4-lobed, pale crimson ; arillode orange.—DISTRIB. ..."

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