drupe
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Scientific Latin, from Latin drūpa (“wrinkled olive”), from Ancient Greek δρύππᾱ (drúppā).
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drupe (plural drupes)
- (botany) a kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
- Synonym: stone fruit
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 71:
- Her bare foot slipped, and the two panting youngsters tangled ignominiously among the branches, in a shower of drupes and leaves, clutching at each other [...].
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fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit
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drupe f (plural drupes)
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- “drupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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drupe f
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