nucilla

nucilla [ML gl.], ~alla, ~ella, ~ula , small nut. inde ~illa ‥ et hec ~ula ‥ ambo diminutiva Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 370; ~illa, parva nux Ib. 382 (v. nucicula); ~alla [gl.: G. nugate] (Neckam Ut. gl.) Teaching Latin II 107; queritur unde contingat nucleos quosdam fructuum dulces esse ut in nucibus et ~ellis videmus, quosdam amaros ut in persicis et cerasis? Quaest. Salern. B 64.