arillate

1. 1.

   (of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover

   Synonymsariled

   Similarcovered

   botany

Questions about arillate

What does arillate mean?

arillate means "(of some seeds) having a fleshy and usually brightly colored cover".

How many syllables are in arillate?

arillate has 3 syllables and divides as a-ril-late under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for arillate?

Close synonyms include ariled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.