drupe

American  

[droop] / drup /

noun

Botany.

1. any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed.

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drupe British  

/ druːp, druːˈpeɪʃəs /

noun

1. an indehiscent fruit consisting of outer epicarp, fleshy or fibrous mesocarp, and stony endocarp enclosing a single seed, as in the peach, plum, and cherry

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drupe Scientific  

/ dro̅o̅p /

1. 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.

2. Compare berry pome See more at simple fruit

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Other Word Forms

• drupaceous
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of drupe

First recorded in 1745–55; from Latin drūpa, druppa “wrinkled olive, overripe olive,” from Greek drýppa “olive”

Example Sentences

Drupe globose, resembling a very large orange, 5 chambers, each containing 1, 2 or more seeds, convex on one side and concave on the other, angular and much crowded.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Then she turned to the form of the man lying prostrate on the floor, seized a pillow from the lounge, and motioned to Mrs. Drupe to raise his head while she laid it beneath.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward

Drupe ovoid, � in. long, covered with a bloom.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Drupe oblong, with thin flesh and a bony 2-celled putamen.—Woody high-climbing twiners, with the pinnate veins of the leaves straight and parallel, the small greenish-white flowers in small panicles.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Drupe globose, 1–2″ in diameter, covered by a fleshy envelope, formed by the receptacle.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Related Words

• berry
• crop
• grain
• nut
• produce
• product