Definition of drupe Drupe
/dɹuˈp/ - [drup] - drupe
We found 4 definitions of drupe from 4 different sources.
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What does drupe mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: drupes |
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| drupe - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube | ||
| stone fruit | ||
| fruit the consequence of some effort or action; "he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies" | ||
| almond oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree | ||
| peach downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh | ||
| plum a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum" | ||
| cherry a red fruit with a single hard stone | ||
| elderberry berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies | ||
| chinese date, chinese jujube, jujube chewy fruit-flavored jellied candy (sometimes medicated to soothe a sore throat) | ||
| olive a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation | ||
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Wiktionary 
- drupe (Noun)
A stone fruit .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- drupe (n.)
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.
Part of speech
🔤- drupe, noun, singular of drupes.
