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drupelet

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɹuːplɪt/Part of speech nounSorted deelprtuStarts with DEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe

Word origin

From drupe (“stone fruit”) + -let (diminutive suffix). Compare Late Latin drupella (“small ripe olive”).

Used in a sentence

  • It is best to pick the berries while all drupelets are of a consistent, dark red coloration.
  • The passengers on the chock-full boat were packed across the deck like drupelets.
  • The fruits of the genus Rubus (blackberry, raspberry) are aggregates of small drupes (drupelets) upon the receptacle of a single flower, each drupelet from a single pistil.

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