Aril

... health issues. —Circumstance of Death: She died of asphyxiation after being smothered by a pillow in her hotel room while on vacation in Arizona. Aril 18, 2005: Douglas Passaro, 43 —Expertise: He was an associate professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public ...

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... Instead the form ovules at the tips of short axillary shoots. Each ovule is at least partially surrounded by a fleshy, cuplike covering called an aril. In yews, the aril is bright red and open at one end. The seeds with their fleshy arils are produced only on female yew plants, while pollen cones ...

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