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Drupelet

Drupel \Drup"el\, Drupelet \Drupe"let\, n. [Dim. of Drupe.] (Bot.) A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.

Wiktionary
drupelet

n. One of the small drupe-like subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruits such as raspberry or blackberry.

WordNet
drupelet

n. a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe

Usage examples of "drupelet".

They settled on a num-num bush, and snatched a drupelet each, throwing it up into the air and catching it in the back of their throats.

The num-nums were covered in shiny purple-ripe drupelets, clustering in groups of two and three, even four and five.