drupelet
nounUK /ˈdruːplət/
US /ˈdruːplət/
A drupelet is a tiny fruit that is part of a bigger fruit, like one little bump on a raspberry.
Each juicy drupelet on the blackberry holds a tiny seed inside.
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2. A small stone fruit that forms one unit of a clustered fruit such as a raspberry or blackberry.
The raspberry is made of many drupelets joined together.
3. A miniature drupe containing a single seed and a fleshy outer layer.
Botanists studied the drupelet under a magnifying glass.
4. Any small individual fruitlet in a multiple or aggregate fruit.
Birds pecked at the drupelets one by one.