Definition of Drpe
Drupe (?), n. [F. drupe, L.
drupa an overripe, wrinkled olive, fr. Gr. &?;.] (Bot.)
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A fruit consisting of a fleshy exterior surrounding a shell which contains the seed, such as the peach, olive, or mango; a stone fruit.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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