Sterling's Story

Monday, June 02, 2008

Nutlet

"The fruit is a small, globose, downy, hard and dry cream-colored nutlet with a diameter of 8-10 mm."

Isn't that the best description ever? This is about the American Linden, or Basswood, or Lime Tree of which I have one of in my side yard.

Nutlet. Just such a great word.
Posted by Julia at 2:06 PM
Labels: globose, nutlet

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