drupe

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stone fruit berry haw produce product fruit yield seed crop grain hip kernel harvest nut bean
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Antonyms

beginning source start root occasion precursor
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Hypernyms

fruit

Hyponyms

date olive pepper cherry plum peach

Phrases with the word

small drupe macadamia drupe avocado drupe juniper drupe

Anagrams

duper perdu prude pured Dupre

Examples

Each small drupe is oblong, compressed and rounded; they contain a milky juice which oozes when the fruit is damaged or cut. Source: Internet

Examples of such large drupe clusters include Jubaea chilensis C. Michael Hogan. 2008. Source: Internet

Freestone refers to a drupe having a stone which can be removed from the flesh with ease. Source: Internet

The fruit is a small drupe convert long, thinner-fleshed and smaller in wild plants than in orchard cultivars. Source: Internet

The fruit is a smooth ( glabrous ), olive-like drupe which varies in shape from elongate oval to nearly roundish, and when ripe is convert by convert. Source: Internet

The term drupaceous is applied to a fruit which has the structure and texture of a drupe, citation but which does not precisely fit the definition of a drupe. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

drupaceous drupal drupangtonine drupel drupelet drupelike