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drupe
[ droop ]
noun
- 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.
drupe
/ druːˈpeɪʃəs; druːp /
noun
- 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
drupe
/ dro̅o̅p /
- 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.
- Compare berrySee more at simple fruit
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Derived Forms
- drupaceous, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drupe1
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Origin of drupe1
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Example Sentences
Some of the most common drupes include peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and cherries, but olives, mangoes and pecans also fall under this category.
It was while the manager was deciding which of three other young women to take that Mr. Drupe was stricken with apoplexy.
Areca, a genus of lofty palms with pinnated leaves, and a drupe-like fruit enclosed in a fibrous rind.
The Almond fruit is a drupe, like the peach, but the flesh is thin and hard and the pit is the Almond of commerce.
The fruit is a purple-black, globular, berry-like drupe, containing a stone with one or two seeds.
The fruit is a black, berry-like drupe containing (usually) eight little, seedlike stones.
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