单词 | drupelet |
释义 | drupelet in British English (ˈdruːplɪt) or drupel (ˈdruːpəl) noun a small drupe, usually one of a number forming a compound fruit drupelet in American English (druplɪt) noun a small drupe: a single blackberry consists of many drupelets drupelet in American English (ˈdruːplɪt) noun Botany a little drupe, as one of the individual pericarps composing the blackberry Word origin [1875–80; drupe + -let]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: graph, musical chairs, overdraft, pressure point, weekend-let is a diminutive suffix attached to nouns (booklet; piglet; ringlet), and, by extraction from bracelet, a suffix denoting a band, piece of jewelry, or article of clothing worn on the partof the body specified by the noun (anklet; wristlet) |
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