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Drupelet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small drupe, such as one of the many subdivisions of a raspberry or blackberry.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruits such as raspberries or blackberries.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Same as drupel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"Each incipient drupelet has its own stigma and good pollination requires the delivery of many grains of pollen to the flower so that all drupelets develop."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stone fruit drupe

Hyponym

blackberry raspberry acinus