: a small drupe
specifically
: one of the individual parts of an aggregate fruit (such as the raspberry)
Examples of drupelet in a Sentence
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When weather is dry, sunny, breezy and hot, some of the drupelets may be scalded.
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Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2019
This is white drupelet disorder, which is a fancy way of saying sunscald.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2019
Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2019
This is white drupelet disorder, which is a fancy way of saying sunscald.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1880, in the meaning defined above
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“Drupelet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drupelet. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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