English dictionary
drupe
/dr/u/p/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
Synonyms stone fruitSource: WordNet 3.0
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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.
Source: webster1913