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Armil vs Aril - What's the difference?

armil | aril |

As nouns the difference between armil and aril

is that armil is (obsolete) a bracelet while aril is a tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

armil

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A bracelet.
  • (obsolete) An ancient astronomical instrument, having either one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes (an equinoctial armil'') or two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices (a ''solstitial armil ).
    • (Whewell)
    (Webster 1913)

    aril

    English

    Alternative forms

    * arillus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates.

    • Derived terms

    * arillode

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