Aril
Aril noun - Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed.
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Pericarp
Pericarp noun - The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary.
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Pericarp and Aril. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aril/pericarp
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