Definify.com
Webster 1828 Edition
Drupe
DRUPE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
drupe
drupe
English
Noun
drupe (plural drupes)
- A stone fruit.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 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 [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 71:
Derived terms
Translations
stone fruit — see stone fruit