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drupe
drupe D0395900 (dro͞op)n. A fleshy fruit, such as a peach, plum, or cherry, usually having a single hard stone that encloses a seed. Also called stone fruit.
[Latin drūpa, druppa, overripe olive, from Greek druppā, olive, possibly alteration of drupepēs, ripened on the tree : drūs, dru-, tree; see deru- in Indo-European roots + peptein, pep-, to ripen; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]drupe (druːp) n (Botany) an indehiscent fruit consisting of outer epicarp, fleshy or fibrous mesocarp, and stony endocarp enclosing a single seed, as in the peach, plum, and cherry[C18: from Latin druppa wrinkled overripe olive, from Greek: olive] drupaceous adjdrupe (drup)
n. any fruit consisting of an outer skin, a usu. pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usu. enclosing a single seed, as a peach, cherry, or plum. [1745–55; < Latin drūpa, druppa overripe olive < Greek drýppa olive] drupe (dro͞op) A fleshy fruit, such as a peach, usually having a single hard stone that encloses a seed.drupe - A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone (e.g. almonds, cherries, plums, olives), it comes from Latin drupa, "overripe olive," from Greek druppa, "olive."See also related terms for plum.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  drupe - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujubestone fruitalmond - oval-shaped edible seed of the almond treepeach - downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish fleshplum - any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pitcherry - a red fruit with a single hard stoneelderberry - berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jelliesChinese date, Chinese jujube, jujube - dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn treesolive - one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relishfruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plantdrupelet - a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe |
Translationsdrupe
drupe: see fruitfruit,
matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seed. After the egg nucleus, or ovum, has been fertilized (see fertilization) and the embryo plantlet begins to form, the surrounding ovule (see pistil) develops into a seed and the ovary wall (pericarp) around the
..... Click the link for more information. .Drupe a fleshy fruit with a hard, woodlike pit and a juicy (as in plums and cherries) or more or less dry (almond) or fibrous (coconut) outer layer. Drupes may have one pit (plum, almond) or many (raspberry). The juicy part of the drupe serves as food for animals (mainly birds), which disperse the seeds; it is also consumed by human beings in fresh or preserved form. drupe[drüp] (botany) A fruit, such as a cherry, having a thin or leathery exocarp, a fleshy mesocarp, and a single seed with a stony endocarp. Also known as stone fruit. drupe an indehiscent fruit consisting of outer epicarp, fleshy or fibrous mesocarp, and stony endocarp enclosing a single seed, as in the peach, plum, and cherry drupe
drupe a type of succulent, fleshy fruit produced by some plants in which the seed is enclosed in a hard, woody ‘stone’. The fruit is formed from the swollen tissue of the PERICARP. Examples include peach, plum, cherry, olive, apricot.drupe
Synonyms for drupenoun fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almondSynonymsRelated Words- almond
- peach
- plum
- cherry
- elderberry
- Chinese date
- Chinese jujube
- jujube
- olive
- fruit
- drupelet
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