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Glossary of Botanical Terms:

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aril: an expansion of the funicle into a fleshy or membranous appendage, sometimes partially or wholly covering the surface of the seed, and often brightly coloured, as in some Sapindaceae. Fig. 19 C. adj. arillate.



Fig. 19. Domatia, Glands etc. A, hairy domatia; B, pit domatia; C, seeds with arils; D, seeds with caruncles; E, stalked petiolar glands; F, basal lamina glands; G, marginal gland on wattle phyllode; H, bipinnate leaf with petiolar gland and jugary gland.
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