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Definition of "drupelet" [drupelet]

  • A small drupe, such as one of the many subdivisions of a raspberry or blackberry. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "drupelet" in a sentence
  • "Each incipient drupelet has its own stigma and good pollination requires the delivery of many grains of pollen to the flower so that all drupelets develop."
  • ""A drupelet, Mr. Wehling, is one of the little knobs, one of the little pulpy grains of a blackberry," said Dr. Hitz."
  • "Do you know what a drupelet is, Mr. Wehling? "said Hitz."