DRUPE


Meaning of DRUPE in English

Fruit in which the outer layer is a thin skin, the middle layer is thick and usually fleshy (though sometimes tough, as in the almond , or fibrous, as in the coconut), and the inner layer (the pit) is hard and stony.

Within the pit is usually one seed. In aggregate fruits such as the raspberry and blackberry (which are not true cherry , peach , mango , olive , and walnut .

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.