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Drupelet

//ˈdɹuːplɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries.

    "It is best to pick the berries while all drupelets are of a consistent, dark red coloration."

  2. 2
    a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe wordnet

Etymology

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

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