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    Drupe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Drupe has 1 sense
- drupe(n = noun.plant) stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube; Array has particulars: almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, chinese date, chinese jujube, jujube, olive, drupelet
is a kind of fruit
Derived forms adjective drupaceous1, noun drupelet1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Drupe, n.  any fleshy or pulpy fruit enclosing a stone containing one or a few seeds, e.g. an olive, plum, or peach.
                    Derivative
                        drupaceous adj.
                                                                Etymology
                        L drupa f. Gk druppa olive
                                    
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