drupe
Americannoun
noun
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A simple fruit derived from a single carpel. A drupe usually contains a single seed enclosed by a hardened endocarp, which often adheres closely to the seed within. In peaches, plums, cherries, and olives, a fleshy edible mesocarp surrounds the endocarp (the pit or stone). In the coconut, a fibrous mesocarp (the husk) surrounds the endocarp (the shell), while the white edible portion is the endosperm.
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Compare berry pome See more at simple fruit
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Etymology
Origin of drupe
First recorded in 1745–55; from Latin drūpa, druppa “wrinkled olive, overripe olive,” from Greek drýppa “olive”
Example Sentences
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First, there are those cashews, which are not nuts at all but technically fruit; they’re the drupe seeds that extend under the apple of the cashew tree.
From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022
Though sometimes referred to as a berry, the fruit of Piper nigrum is a drupe, as are stone fruits, meaning that it consists of a seed in the center surrounded by a layer of flesh.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022
In botany, this is called the suture, and it gives drupe fruits – a category that includes peaches, plums and olives – a seam that can split to release its seed-bearing pit.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2019
In botany, this is called the suture, and it gives drupe fruits, a category that includes peaches, plums and olives, a seam that can split to release its seed-bearing pit.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019
Tryma, trī′ma, n. a drupe with fleshy exocarp, dehiscent.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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