🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

小核果

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shōkakuka

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Druplet/ˈdruː.plɪt/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"キイチゴの個々の小核果には小さな種子があります。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, individual drupe or stone fruit that forms part of an aggregate fruit such as a blackberry or raspberry.

    "Each tiny druplet on the raspberry is filled with sweet juice and a single minuscule seed."
  2. 2

    In botany, a localized miniature stone-like fruit structure developing from a single carpel.

    "Microscopic examination reveals the complex cellular wall surrounding each individual druplet."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the English noun 'drupe' (from Latin 'drupa', meaning overripe olive, via Greek 'dryppa') combined with the diminutive suffix '-let'. The term emerged in botanical literature during the 19th century to describe the small individual succulent parts composing an aggregate fruit.

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