drupelet
IPA: drˈupɫʌt
noun
- (botany) One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries.
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Examples of "drupelet" in Sentences
- Do you know what a drupelet is, Mr. Wehling? "said Hitz.
- "A drupelet, Mr. Wehling, is one of the little knobs, one of the little pulpy grains of a blackberry," said Dr. Hitz.
- 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.
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