arillate
|a-rill-ate|
/əˈrɪl.eɪt/
having an aril
Etymology
'arillate' originates from New Latin, specifically the word 'arillatus', where the base 'arillus' referred to a seed-coating or fleshy appendage.
'arillatus' developed from Medieval Latin 'arillus' and gave rise to the botanical English noun 'aril', from which the adjective 'arillate' was formed in modern scientific usage.
Initially, the root referred to the seed appendage itself ('aril'); over time derivatives like 'arillate' came to mean 'having or bearing an aril' in botanical contexts.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
having an aril or bearing an aril (a specialized fleshy or membranous outgrowth from a seed).
The botanist noted that several species in the genus are arillate.
Synonyms
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