ARIL'LUS, noun The exterior coat or covering of a seed, fixed to it at the base only, investing it wholly or partially, and falling off spontaneously; by some writers called, from the Greek, Calyptra. It is either succulent, or cartilaginous; colored, elastic, rough or knotted.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.