Drupe

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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