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The outer covering of pomegranate and yew seeds is Aril
The plant's ovary, which is also the plant's fruit.
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Why do seeds have outer overing
Mandarin fruits are fleshy and used for making juice. The seeds left after extracting the juice are thrown, hence they get dispersed.
The outer covering of pomegranate and yew seeds is Aril
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Aril
The needles and seeds of all yews are highly poisonous to horses, cattle, sheep and goats, although the red, fleshy seed covering is not.
The plant's ovary, which is also the plant's fruit.
Aril
fleshy body.
The yew berry is a small, red, berry-like fruit surrounded by a fleshy, cup-shaped structure called an aril. The aril is bright red and looks like a small cup or shell encasing the yew berry. It is important to note that the yew berries are toxic if ingested.
Fleshy fruits are those fruits which have soft and thin outer covering e.g mango,peach,watermelon etc.
It is the aril
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The fleshy pulp around some seeds inhibits the seed from sprouting prematurely. When the pulp is removed by rotting or chemical application, the seed will sprout.