nutlet

1. A small nut.
2. The stone or pit of certain fruits such as the peach or cherry.

A small nut, pit, or hard-coated seed. Grape seeds, for example, are sometimes called nutlets.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a small nut

Nutlet may refer to one of the following.

• A small nut.
• In botany, a nutlet is a pyrena or pyrene, which is a seed covered by a stony layer, such as the kernel of a drupe.
• Nutlet or "Little Nut" is the translation of Oreshek, a name of the fortress in Shlisselburg, Russia.

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