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nucule

nucule noun: a section of a compound fruit; a nutlet; a small nut.

Noun

nucule (plural nucules)

  1. (rare) A section of a compound fruit; a nutlet; a small nut.
  2. The oogonium of a charophyte.

Forms of nucule

pluralnucules

Origin of nucule

Borrowed from Latin nucula (“little nut”).

Words formed from nucule

Questions about nucule

What does nucule mean?
Nucule means a section of a compound fruit; a nutlet; a small nut.
What part of speech is nucule?
Nucule is a noun.
What is the plural of nucule?
The plural of nucule is nucules.

Words near nucule in the dictionary

  1. nuculania
  2. nuculanid
  3. nuculanids
  4. nuculanium
  5. nucular
  6. nucule
  7. nucules
  8. nuculid
  9. nuculids
  10. nuculiform
  11. nuculoid

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