drupelet
/ˈdɹuplɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruit such as blackberries or raspberries.
Example Sentences
- "It is best to pick the berries while all drupelets are of a consistent, dark red coloration."
- "The passengers on the chock-full boat were packed across the deck like drupelets."
- "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."
- "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."
- "Each fertilized pistil/ovule will develop into a fleshy drupelet containing one seed (a pyrene). Erect and semi-erect blackberry cultivars produce fruit with relatively large pyrenes compared to those of trailing blackberries."
Etymology
From drupe (“stone fruit”) + -let (diminutive suffix). Compare Late Latin drupella (“small ripe olive”).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɹuplɪt/
- British English: /ˈdɹuːplɪt/