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

Example Sentences

Fruit a berry-like juicy drupe, containing 3 small seed-like nutlets.—Shrubby plants, with a rank smell when bruised, pinnate leaves, serrate-pointed leaflets, and numerous small and white flowers in compound cymes.

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The berry of several species of Vaccinium, and ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets.

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Fruit.—Dry; consisting of three dehiscent nutlets; sometimes crested.

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

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The paired nutlets are provided with a parachute each, so that the wind can sow them broadcast.

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