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Examples of nutlet
nutlet
The fruit is a small, round, tomentose, cream-colored nutlet with a diameter of 1 cm or less.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A brown nutlet is dead, Cummings-Violich said, though sometimes walnuts put out a second bloom that could offset the losses.
From the sacbee.com
Later the hull and shell toughen and the seed, which hardens from translucent jelly to a crunchy white nutlet, is the only part eaten.
From the latimes.com
The reference to oviod is for the outline of the morphology, the asymmetry is for the relative thickness of the nutlet as I understand it.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A small nut
- Small, dry nut or nut-like fruit, usually several of which are produced by a single flower. (see nut, drupe) (e.g., Boraginaceae, Lamiaceae)
- A small nut-like part of a fruit, especially associated with fruit of the Borage, Mint, and Verbena families.
- A small nut. Often applied to the fruit units produced in families like the Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae.
- A small dry fruit that does not split open along a seam.
- A one-seeded portion of a fruit that separates from the other portions (usually 4 total portions) when the fruit is mature.
