drupeln.
/ˈdruːpəl/ Botany.
A little drupe: such as those of which a blackberry is composed.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > compound or aggregate fruit > part of collective fruit
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1835 J. S. Henslow Princ. Bot. 108 The numerous small drupes, or ‘drupels’ of the raspberry, and other Rubi.
1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 316 In the Raspberry..we have a..number of little drupes or drupels.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) i. vii. 96 The fruit of the Blackberry..consisting of a number of succulent little drupes (called drupels)..each drupel answering to an achene of buttercup or strawberry.
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