Definition of Nutlet. Meaning of Nutlet. Synonyms of Nutlet

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Definition of Nutlet

Nutlet
Nutlet Nut"let, n. (Bot.) A small nut; also, the stone of a drupe.

Meaning of Nutlet from wikipedia

- be called a "nutlet" (formerly called a nucule, a term otherwise referring to the oogonium of stoneworts). In botany, the term "nutlet" can be used to...
- A nutlet is a small nut. Nutlet may also refer to: Pyrena or nutlet, a seed covered by a stony layer Nutlet or Oreshek, another name for Shlisselburg...
- are produced in the form of nutlets. Each flower typically only produces one mature nutlet, but can produce more. Nutlets are lance-ovoid in shape, usually...
- lobes and the lower one much wider with a scalloped edge. The fruit is a nutlet that is nearly triquetrous, three sided with sharp edges and concave sides...
- to form mericarps. A schizocarp of nutlets is derived from a carpel that becomes lobed, and the lobes become nutlets that split apart. Examples include...
- The flower styles are two-cleft. The fruits are smooth ovoid or oblong nutlets and in many species they have a mucilaginous coating. Many members of Salvia...
- sepals. Each flower is just a few millimeters wide. The fruit is a bumpy nutlet. Heliotropium europaeum contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids and is poisonous...
- seeds occur in distinctive pairs each containing one seed enclosed in a "nutlet" attached to a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue. They are shaped...
- by wind or animals, these include nuts, achenes, caryopses, samaras and nutlets. In schizocarps, the fruit splits open but the seeds are not released,...
- Each flower has three narrow epicalyx bracts. The fruit is a dry, hairless nutlet. The leaves are simple and alternate. In temperate climates, it flowers...