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Definition of Fruitlet
1. Noun. A diminutive fruit, especially one that is part of a multiple fruit.
Definition of Fruitlet
1. a small fruit [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruitlet
Literary usage of Fruitlet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spectator (The)by Richard Steele, Joseph Addison by Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1836)
"... a state of perfect happiness; that in tfci state there will be no barren hopes
nor fruitlet wishes, and that we shall enjoy every thing we caí desire. ..."
2. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1905)
"The larvae gradually eat their way into the core of the fruitlet, tunnelling the
fleshy pulp in all directions. If one of these fruitlets is now cut open it ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1883)
"... each consisting of a few stamens or a single one-seeded fruitlet, without any
trace of petals whatsoever. Yet we have very good evidence of the slow ..."
4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1852)
"In the first class, embracing the apple, pear, and many others, there exists no
adequate necessity for giving to the fruitlet the same " vantage ground. ..."
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