Drupelet (Noun)
Meaning
A small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Raspberries and blackberries are formed by many tiny drupelets clustered around a stem called a receptacle.
- A strawberry's drupelets cover a seed-producing achene which adjoins to a stem.
- In a mulberry, many drupelets fuse together to create the edible exterior of the aggregate fruit.
- An aggregate fruit is formed by multiple ovaries from the same flower maturing into many tiny drupelets, such as in raspberries.
- The fig is a composite fruit formed from a single flower and a collection of many tiny drupelets that bloom inside the receptacle.