Definitions for: Drupe


[n] fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube



Webster (1913) Definition: Drupe, n. [F. drupe, L. drupa an overripe, wrinkled
olive, fr. Gr. ?.] (Bot.)
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.

Synonyms: stone fruit

See Also: almond, cherry, Chinese date, Chinese jujube, drupelet, elderberry, fruit, jujube, olive, peach, plum

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