On Fri 28 Dec 2007 10:41:59a, Michael Kuettner told us...

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> "Wayne Boatwright" schrieb :
>> On Thu 27 Dec 2007 04:03:41p, Michael Kuettner told us...
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>>> "Wayne Boatwright" schrieb :
>>>> On Thu 27 Dec 2007 10:43:10a, Janet Baraclough told us...
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>>>>> The message from "Michael Kuettner" contains these words:
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>>>>>> Nutmeg is the nut; mace is the blossom.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not the blossom. Mace is a lacy layer covering the nutmeg ,
>>>>> both
>>>>> are contained within an outer layer.
>>>>>
>>>>> see a pic of how they fit together at
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>>>>> http://www.picturescolourlibrary.co....go/2166366.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Janet
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, I knew that, but apparently Michael did not. I use blades of
mace
>>>> with certain pickles that I make. A couple of times I have bought the
>>>> nutmeg with the mace still surrounding it.
>>>>
>>> Since I don't know the English name of the thingy covering the seed
>>> (the Arillus), I just called it blossom.
>>> What's the English word for Arillus ?
>>>
>>
>> Michael, I was forgetting that English is not your native language. I
>> apologize.
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> No worries. Aril or arillus isn't a word in everyday use.
> And since my big dic is 400 km away ...
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>> I don't think there is really one English word that is the
>> equivalent. Here is a definitiona;
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>> n.) A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as
>> the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily.
The
>> mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.
>>
>> Arillus: words in the definition
>> A, Also, An, Appendage, Aril, As, Bag, Coat, Covering, Exterior, False,
>> Forming, Inclosing, Is, Lily, Loose, Mace, Nutmeg, Of, Or, Seed, The,
To,
>> Transparent, Water, White,
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> Arillus: words in the definition
> An appendage forming a false coat to bag Aril's exterior, inclosing
Lily's
> seed. Loose mace as nutmeg to the transparent white water.
>
> I've post-modernized your poem for you ;-)

I like that!

> Cheers,
>
> Michael Kuettner
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> PS : Thanks also to Gloria and Janet !
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