Drupelet

Quick meaning: Drupelet is a noun meaning (botany) One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries.

Meaning

(botany) One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries.

Example Sentences

The passengers on the chock-full boat were packed across the deck like drupelets.

It is best to pick the berries while all drupelets are of a consistent, dark red coloration.

The fruits of the genus Rubus (blackberry, raspberry) are aggregates of small drupes (drupelets) upon the receptacle of a single flower, each drupelet from a single pistil.

Aggregated Fruits are close clusters of simple fruits all of the same flower. The raspberry and blackberry are good examples. In these, each grain is a drupelet or stone-fruit, like a cherry or peach on a very small scale.

Word Forms

• drupelets
• druplet

Synonyms for drupelet

Depending on context, synonyms include drupel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include acinus, drupe, fruitling, tryma, lemma, skin.

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