Etymology
Origin of drupaceous
Example Sentences
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The fruit of the Hawthorn is a drupaceous pome, something between pome and drupe.
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And, again, the malformation is not without significance in regard to the relationship between the drupaceous and the pomaceous subdivisions of Rosaceæ.
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The fruit is drupaceous, and opens by two valves when ripe, displaying the beautiful reticulated scarlet arillus, which constitutes mace.
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The fruit is drupaceous, with a soft outer coat and a hard woody shell, greatly resembling that of a Cycad, both externally and internally.
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