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
(dro̅o̅p),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
- Botanyany 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.
- Greek drýppa olive
- Latin drūpa, druppa overripe olive
- 1745–55
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'drupe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
buckthorn family
- cherry
- cubeb
- drupaceous
- drupelet
- laurel family
- nutlet
- olive
- pyrenocarp
- stone
- stone fruit