fruitlet

7.7

A small fruit that grows as one part of a larger group, like a raspberry piece

noun
/ˈfruːtˌlɛt/

Specialized

: frutito

Each raspberry is made up of dozens of tiny fruitlets clustered together.

Examples

After the flower is pollinated, the ovary swells and develops into a fruitlet.
The strawberry’s surface is dotted with many small fruitlets, each containing a seed.
The tiny fruitlet grew on the vine.
Several fruitlets hang from the tree branches.
During the spring, the trees were full of tiny fruitlets starting to grow.
As the season progressed, she carefully inspected the fruitlets developing on the vines.
The farmer noted that healthy fruitlets were abundant after the recent rain.

Synonyms

drupelet

vsfruitlet

Specialized

9.9

A small part of a fruit like a raspberry that has its own tiny seed

is a general small fruit often forming part of a cluster

acinus

vsfruitlet

Specialized

9.9

One of the small parts of a raspberry or blackberry that contains a seed

is a general small fruit rather than a technical botanical term

How Small

fruitlet

Specialized

7.7

berry

41 1.0

fruit

957 1.0

Surface Forms

fruitlet singular

fruitlets plural

Morphology

fruitlet = fruit (transparent) = fruit + let

The word is a straightforward diminutive formed from 'fruit' + '-let', so its meaning as a small fruit is easy to infer.

Etymology

Fruitlet comes from fruit plus the ending -let, which means 'small'. So a fruitlet is a 'small fruit', often one tiny part of a cluster, like each little piece in a raspberry or the small bumps on a strawberry that hold a seed.