Advertisement
Advertisement
nutlet
[ nuht-lit ]
nutlet
/ ˈnʌtlɪt /
noun
- any of the one-seeded portions of a fruit, such as a labiate fruit, that fragments when mature
- the stone of a drupe, such as a plum
- a small nut
Discover More
Example Sentences
Pod flattened contrary to the narrow partition; the two cells indehiscent and falling away at maturity from the partition as closed nutlets, strongly wrinkled or tuberculate, 1 seeded.
From Project Gutenberg
The berry of several species of Vaccinium, and ericaceous genus, differing from the American huckleberries in containing numerous minute seeds instead of ten nutlets.
From Project Gutenberg
Ovary.—Of four nutlets; each having a deltoid, keeled disk and margined by long, flat prickles.
From Project Gutenberg
The nutlet has become hard, rougher and more strongly ribbed.
From Project Gutenberg
The keys are large, wide-winged, set opposite, the nutlets meeting in a straight line.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse