Drupelets
Drupelets [DROOP-lits]
(n.pl.)
- One of the small subdivisions which compose the outer layer of certain fruits such as raspberries or blackberries.
From “drupe” from Modern Latin “drupa” (stone-fruit) from Latin “drupa oliva” (wrinkled olive) from Greek “dryppa" from “drypepes” (tree-ripened) from “drys” (tree) + “pepon” (ripe)
+ noun-forming Middle English diminutive suffix “-let” from Latin “-ellus”.
Used in a sentence:
“When the airlines reopened, the passengers in coach were packed in like drupelets.”
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