| drupe | A succulent fruit, such as a cherry, formed from one carpel, having the seed enclosed in an inner stony layer of the fruit wall. Adj. Drupaceous (which is often used to mean drupe-like but not strictly a drupe). Compare: berry, pyrene. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| drupelet | <botany> A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry. Origin: Dim. Of Drupe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |