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 little seed-like nutlet, enclosed in a loose and separable membranous epicarp.

From Project Gutenberg

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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Ovary.—Of four nutlets; each having a deltoid, keeled disk and margined by long, flat prickles.

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

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The keys are large, wide-winged, set opposite, the nutlets meeting in a straight line.

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