Aril

4 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

A fleshy covering around a seed, such as the red coating on a yew berry or a nutmeg mace.

“The aril of the nutmeg is dried to produce mace.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

ar·il

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Synonyms

seed covering

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Anagrams of Aril

Words that use exactly the same letters as “aril”.

rail

Words one letter different

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amil anil aria arid aryl axil

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5-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “aril”.

april argil ariel arils armil blair brail carli clair drail filar flair frail glair grail hilar laird lairs lairy laria larid larin larix liard

Longer words starting with Aril

Words that begin with “aril”.

arils

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