fruitlet
nounUK /ˈfruːtlət/
US /ˈfruːtlət/
A fruitlet is a tiny fruit that is part of a bigger fruit.
Each little bump on the raspberry is a fruitlet.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. One of the small individual fruits that together make up a compound fruit like a raspberry or blackberry.
The blackberry is made of many fruitlets joined together.
3. A young or immature fruit that has just started to grow from a flower.
After the petals fell, a green fruitlet appeared on the branch.
4. A small secondary fruit growing alongside a larger one on the same plant.
The gardener picked the fruitlets that grew near the main apple.