drupe
NounUS[droop]/drup/1 syllable
Synonyms:
stone fruit
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujubeSynonyms: stone fruitType of fruitKinds plum, almond, drupelet, peach, cherry, elderberry, jujube, olive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Drupe (drṳp), noun
Origin: F. drupe, L. drupa an overripe, wrinkled olive, fr. Gr. δρύππα.
Botany A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54