nutlet

nut·let

N0197800 (nŭt′lĭt)n.1. A small nut.2. The stone or pit of certain fruits such as the peach or cherry.

nutlet

(ˈnʌtlɪt) n1. (Botany) any of the one-seeded portions of a fruit, such as a labiate fruit, that fragments when mature2. (Botany) the stone of a drupe, such as a plum3. (Botany) a small nut

nut•let

(ˈnʌt lɪt)

n. 1. a small nut or nutlike fruit. 2. the stone of a drupe. [1855–60]

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Noun

nutlet - a small nutnut - usually large hard-shelled seedpyrene - the small hard nutlet of a drupe or drupelet; the seed and the hard endocarp that surrounds it

Nutlet

(also nucule), a single-seeded, indehiscent fruitlet of an apocarpous fruit (for example, in the buttercup). Sometimes other small single-seeded fruits (the paracarpous fruits of fumitory; the lysicarpous fruits of buckwheat), the fruits of Boraginaceae and Labiatae, and the mericarps of Euphorbiaceae are called nutlets.

The Russian term for nutlet, oreshek, is used to designate a nutgall, a spherical or fleshy node caused by insects on the leaves and stems of plants (for example, nutgall of oak).

nutlet

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noun a small nut

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