A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs.
This aril or husk is the mace of commerce, while the true nutmeg is the center or hard seed (nut).
The fruit is about the size of an ordinary walnut, with a thick rind, which, upon opening, at maturity, discloses a reddish aril covering the nut within.
Note: Red mace is the aril of Myristica tingens, and white mace that of M.
Defn: A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs.
But on closer inspection we observe that the flower stalks are combined into little groups, each group occupying the aril of one of the basal leaves.
The outer palet is to be considered as the metamorphosed leaf, in the aril of which the flower is produced.
Each flower-stalk of their long racemes is situated in the aril of such a bract, and the peculiarity is quite a natural one, corresponding exactly to what is seen in the inflorescence of other families.
Seeds many in several rows on the lateral placenta, with a fleshy lacerate aril on one side.
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