drupe

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drupe - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Drupe \Drupe\ (dr[udd]p), n. [F. drupe, L. drupa an overripe,
     wrinkled olive, fr. Gr. dry`ppa.] (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. Drupel

drupe - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  drupe
      n 1: fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond;
           peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube [syn:
           drupe, stone fruit]