fruitletn.
/ˈfruːtlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfrutlət/ A little fruit; Botany, a single member of an aggregate fruit: see aggregate adj. 3.
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1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 495 If the carpels do not cohere, each forms a part of the fruit, or a fruitlet.
1883 G. Allen Colin Clout's Cal. xxi. 119 The blackberry and raspberry; where the individual fruitlets grow soft, sweet, and pulpy.
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