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drupe⋅let

  [droop-lit]
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–noun Botany.
a little drupe, as one of the individual pericarps composing the blackberry.
Origin:
1875–80; drupe + -let
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drupe·let   (drōōp'lĭt)   
n.  A small drupe, such as one of the many subdivisions of a raspberry or blackberry.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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