nutlet

Small dry fruit

A nutlet is a small nut or nut-like fruit, typically one of several produced by a single flower.

The term appears in botany to describe the hard, dry, one-seeded fruits of plants in the mint and borage families: The sage plant produces four nutlets per flower.

botanical

achene

Closed one-seeded fruit

samaraWinged botanical dispersal unit
utricleBalance-sensing ear chamber
drupeSeed-bearing fleshy fruit

pericarp · seed coat · ovule · carpel · valve · embryo · endosperm · cotyledon · radicle · plumule

diminutive

minuscule

Extremely small in size

tinyExtremely small in size
smallLimited in size
miniatureReduced-scale representation

diminutive · wee · petite · micro · dwarf · bantam · pocket-sized · bite-sized · teensy · itty-bitty

culinary

almond

Edible tree nut

hazelnutEdible seed from Corylus
pistachioEdible green seed
macadamiaButtery Australian nut

cashew · pecan · walnut · chestnut · filbert · cobnut · butternut · pignoli · praline · marzipan

Categories

indehiscent fruitsachene, drupe, samara, pome, utricle
propagulesseeds, seed, spores, spore, bulbs
grass anatomyspikelet, floret, lemma, awn, culm
schizocarpscocci, samara, maple key
seed coveringsseed coat, testa, hull, husk, pericarp

Opposites

size/scale of fruit structures

nutletmelon

Sweet-fleshed gourd fruit

pumpkin · coconut · jackfruit · watermelon · gourd

part vs. whole

nutletfruit cluster

fruit texture/type

nutletdrupe

Seed-bearing fleshy fruit

berry · fleshy fruit · pome · capsule

Family

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G