drupe
noun
ˈdrüp 
: a one-seeded indehiscent fruit having a hard bony endocarp, a fleshy mesocarp, and a thin exocarp that is flexible (as in the cherry) or dry and almost leathery (as in the almond)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web But the monumental tree in the village of Vouves does more than make drupe fruit. 
Richard Stenger, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022 Each orb of citrus, berry, or drupe feels like a special gift from the earth, a sweet surprise that can both quench your thirst and fill your stomach. Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2021 Botanically speaking, stone fruits are a type of drupe: thin-skin fruits with soft flesh around a hard stone or pit encasing their seeds. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2020 Milks made from almonds and coconuts (which are technically drupes) are a couple of the most common, versatile dairy alternatives out there. Jenna Birch, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019 Peanuts are legumes, pine nuts are the seeds of pines, and almonds, pecans, cashews, and walnuts are the seeds of fruits classified as drupes. Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2019 Botanically, the olive is a drupe, as are cherries, almonds, and plums — a fair amount of flesh and a stone-hard pit. Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 12 June 2019 In any botanist's book that means they're technically classified as fruits — specifically a kind called drupes, a.k.a. stone fruits. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 Dec. 2018 Well, fortunately, from drinks to desserts, the fruit— technically speaking, a drupe — is one of the more versatile growing in area soils. Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 30 May 2018 See More
Richard Stenger, CNN, 10 Feb. 2022 Each orb of citrus, berry, or drupe feels like a special gift from the earth, a sweet surprise that can both quench your thirst and fill your stomach. Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2021 Botanically speaking, stone fruits are a type of drupe: thin-skin fruits with soft flesh around a hard stone or pit encasing their seeds. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2020 Milks made from almonds and coconuts (which are technically drupes) are a couple of the most common, versatile dairy alternatives out there. Jenna Birch, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019 Peanuts are legumes, pine nuts are the seeds of pines, and almonds, pecans, cashews, and walnuts are the seeds of fruits classified as drupes. Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2019 Botanically, the olive is a drupe, as are cherries, almonds, and plums — a fair amount of flesh and a stone-hard pit. Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 12 June 2019 In any botanist's book that means they're technically classified as fruits — specifically a kind called drupes, a.k.a. stone fruits. Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 Dec. 2018 Well, fortunately, from drinks to desserts, the fruit— technically speaking, a drupe — is one of the more versatile growing in area soils. Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 30 May 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin drupa, from Latin, overripe olive, from Greek dryppa olive
First Known Use
circa 1753, in the meaning defined above
- autocars
- autocatalyse
- autocatalysed
- autocatalyses
- autocatalysing
- autocatalysis
- autocatalytic
- autocatalytically
- autocatalyzed
- autocatalyzes
- autocatalyzing
- autocephalicities
- autocephalicity
- autocephalies
- autocephalism
- autocephalisms
- autocephalous
- autocephaly
- autochanger
- autochangers
- autochore
- autochorous
- autochrome
- autochthon
- autochthones