Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small fruit.
- noun Botany A single member of a multiple fruit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small fruit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit
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Examples
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They resemble the blackberry, but each small fruitlet actually arises from a separate flower on a short flowering stalk.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Caneberries are composite fruits: a single flower has from 50 to 150 ovaries, and each ovary makes a separate small fruitlet, like a miniature plum with a stony seed.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Because each fruitlet contains a prominent seed, pomegranates are usually processed into juice, which then can be used as is or cooked down to make a syrup or “molasses,” or fermented into a wine.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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They resemble the blackberry, but each small fruitlet actually arises from a separate flower on a short flowering stalk.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Caneberries are composite fruits: a single flower has from 50 to 150 ovaries, and each ovary makes a separate small fruitlet, like a miniature plum with a stony seed.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Because each fruitlet contains a prominent seed, pomegranates are usually processed into juice, which then can be used as is or cooked down to make a syrup or “molasses,” or fermented into a wine.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Each fruitlet can be identified by an "eye," the rough spiny marking on the pineapple's surface.
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