nutling en · NOUN
Etymology
From nut + -ling.
Meanings
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(rare) A small or juvenile nut; a nutlet.
Seed is very hard to get; the carpels fall while yet green, and you have to quest around each clump to detect the green nutlings lurking here and there in the chinks of the shingle; and then the catching them becomes an agitating business, [...]
1917, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, volume 42, page 64:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nutlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |