noun
- small individual fruits that cluster together to form an aggregate fruit, each containing a single seed surrounded by a fleshy layer
Usage: botanical term; plural form
Examples
- Raspberries are made up of many tiny drupelets clustered together.
- Each drupelet in a blackberry contains its own seed.
- The botanist examined the individual drupelets under a microscope.
- When you eat a raspberry, you’re actually eating dozens of drupelets.
- The drupelets easily separate from the white core when the berry is ripe.
- Aggregate fruits like dewberries consist of multiple drupelets.