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FRUITLET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fruitlet mean?
• FRUITLET (noun)
The noun FRUITLET has 1 sense:
1. a diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit
Familiarity information: FRUITLET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("fruitlet" is a kind of...):
fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)
Derivation:
fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)
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