DRUPE


Meaning of DRUPE in English

/droohp/ , n. Bot.

any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed.

[ 1745-55; drupa, druppa overripe olive drýppa olive ]

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