nutlet

American  

[nuht-lit] / ˈnʌt lɪt /

noun

1. a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.

2. the stone of a drupe.

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nutlet British  

/ ˈnʌtlɪt /

noun

1. any of the one-seeded portions of a fruit, such as a labiate fruit, that fragments when mature

2. the stone of a drupe, such as a plum

3. a small nut

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Etymology

Origin of nutlet

First recorded in 1855–60; nut + -let

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Example Sentences

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nutlet

Fruit.—In terminal catkins made conspicuous by the pale green, much enlarged, and leaf-like 3-lobed bracts, each bract subtending a dark-colored, sessile, striate nutlet.

From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Lorin Low Dame

The fruit is a bright scarlet “berry”, ½ inch long and containing a hard nutlet in which are 1 or 2 seeds.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.

The nutlet has become hard, rougher and more strongly ribbed.

From Through a Microscope Something of the Science Together with many Curious Observations Indoor and Out and Directions for a Home-made Microscope. by Frederick Leroy Sargent

The shape of the nutlet and the character of its coat are very varied.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

Pyrene, Pyrena, a seed-like nutlet or stone of a small drupe.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray

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