fruitlets

noun
UK /ˈfruːtlɪts/
US /ˈfruːtlɪts/

Fruitlets are tiny fruits that grow together in a bunch.

Each raspberry is made of many small fruitlets.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The small individual parts that make up a larger fruit, like the bumps on a raspberry.

You can see the fruitlets on the outside of the raspberry.

3. Small fruits growing in a group on one plant.

The tree was covered with tiny fruitlets.

4. Young fruits that have just started to grow.

After the flowers fell, little fruitlets appeared on the branches.