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Drupe

DRUPE

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Noun.
[L., Gr, olives ready to fall, Gr., a tree; to fall.] In botany, a pulpy pericarp or fruit without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel; as the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, almond, olive, &c.

Definition 2025

drupe

drupe

English

An annotated diagram of a drupe
Drupes of Prunus virginiana (chokecherry)

Noun

drupe ‎(plural drupes)

  1. 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 [...].

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French

Noun

drupe f ‎(plural drupes)

  1. drupe

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Italian

Noun

drupe f

  1. plural of drupa

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Etymology

Scientific Latin, from Latin drūpa ‎(“wrinkled olive”), from Ancient Greek δρύππᾱ ‎(drúppā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɹuːp/
  • Rhymes: -uːp
  • Homophone: droop

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