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" (or nucule,[citation needed] a term otherwise referring to the oogonium of stoneworts). In botany, the term "nutlet" specifically...
- 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...
- four subequal lobes, the upper lobe usually the largest. The fruit is a nutlet, containing one to four seeds. Mentha is a member of the tribe Mentheae...
- It is the source of meadowfoam seed oil and The fruit of the plant, a nutlet, is 20 to 30% oil. The oil is one of the most stable vegetable oils known...
- 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...
- flowered and been pollinated, produces a small nutlet with tiny prickly barbs on it. These barbs allow the nutlet to stick to animal fur and human clothing...
- 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...
- 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...
- distinguish species from one another, but the most definitive is the form of the nutlet, which varies in shape, size, color, and pattern of attachment. The genus...