a small fruit, esp one that is part of an aggregate fruit
Start by removing the largest and central 'king' fruitlet and others which are pecked,misshapen, or diseased.
fruitlet in American English
(ˈfruːtlɪt)
noun
Botany
a small fruit, esp. one of those forming an aggregate fruit, as the raspberry
Word origin
[1880–85; fruit + -let]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, barnstorm, irredentist, quotation mark, rain check-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)
Examples of 'fruitlet' in a sentence
fruitlet
Both cultivars had only one flowering period, followed by an intense fruitlet dropping.
Simone Rodrigues da Silva, Tatiana Eugenia Cantuarias-Avilés, Bruno Chiavelli, MichaelAleixo Martins, Michelle Souza Oliveira 2017, 'Phenological models for implementing management practices in rain-fed avocado orchards',Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropicalhttps://www.revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/47140/24332. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The possible molecular events to control the ethephon-promoted litchi fruitlet abscission were prompted out.
Caiqin eLi, Caiqin eLi, Yan eWang, Yan eWang, Peiyuan eYing, Peiyuan eYing, WuqiangeMa, Wuqiang eMa, Jianguo eLi, Jianguo eLi 2015, 'Genome-wide digital transcript analysis of putative fruitlet abscission related genesregulated by ethephon in litchi', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00502/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ethephon treatment significantly increased fruit abscission and ethylene production of fruitlet.
Caiqin eLi, Caiqin eLi, Yan eWang, Yan eWang, Peiyuan eYing, Peiyuan eYing, WuqiangeMa, Wuqiang eMa, Jianguo eLi, Jianguo eLi 2015, 'Genome-wide digital transcript analysis of putative fruitlet abscission related genesregulated by ethephon in litchi', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00502/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The increased ethylene evolution in fruitlet would suppress the synthesis and polar transport of auxin and trigger abscission signaling.
Caiqin eLi, Caiqin eLi, Yan eWang, Yan eWang, Peiyuan eYing, Peiyuan eYing, WuqiangeMa, Wuqiang eMa, Jianguo eLi, Jianguo eLi 2015, 'Genome-wide digital transcript analysis of putative fruitlet abscission related genesregulated by ethephon in litchi', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00502/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The dual air coils were tested on fifteen samples of fruitlet from two categories, namely ripe and unripe.
Noor Hasmiza Harun, Norhisam Misron, Roslina Mohd Sidek, Ishak Aris, Hiroyuki Wakiwaka,Kunihisa Tashiro 2014, 'Dual Resonant Frequencies Effects on an Induction-Based Oil Palm Fruit Sensor', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/11/21923. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sucrose concentration in the fruitlet pericarp was significantly reduced to the control at two days after both ethephon treatments.
Michael Helmut Hagemann, Patrick eWinterhagen, Martin eHegele, Jens Norbert Wünsche 2015, 'Ethephon induced abscission in mango: physiological fruitlet responses', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00706/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The sensitivity of the sensor between air to fruitlet samples increases as the coil diameter increases.
Norhisam Misron, Noor Hasmiza Harun, Yeoh Kian Lee, Roslina Mohd Sidek, Ishak Aris,Hiroyuki Wakiwaka, Kunihisa Tashiro 2014, 'Improvement in Sensitivity of an Inductive Oil Palm Fruit Sensor', Sensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/2/2431. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)