drupe

[droop] /drup/

noun, Botany

any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed.

Origin

1745-55; < Latin drūpa, druppa overripe olive < Greek drýppa olive

Examples from the web for drupe

Each flower forms a fruit, called a drupe, that bears a single seed.
The fruit is thick and fleshy consisting of a one-seeded drupe that has a bony pit.
The fruit produced by pistachio trees is a semi-dry drupe, similar to the fruit of an almond tree.
The fruit is an oblong drupe, bright green in summer and brilliant scarlet in autumn.

British Dictionary definitions for drupe

drupe

/druːp/

noun

an indehiscent fruit consisting of outer epicarp, fleshy or fibrous mesocarp, and stony endocarp enclosing a single seed, as in the peach, plum, and cherry

Derived Forms

drupaceous (druːˈpeɪʃəs) adjective

Word Origin

C18: from Latin druppa wrinkled overripe olive, from Greek: olive

Word Origin and History for drupe

1753, from Modern Latin drupa "stone-fruit," from Latin drupa (oliva) "wrinkled olive," from Greek dryppa, short for drypepes "tree-ripened," from drys "tree" + pepon "ripe" (see pumpkin).

drupe in Science

drupe

(drp)
A simple fruit derived from a single carpel. A drupe usually contains a single seed enclosed by a hardened endocarp, which often adheres closely to the seed within. In peaches, plums, cherries, and olives, a fleshy edible mesocarp surrounds the endocarp (the pit or stone). In the coconut, a fibrous mesocarp (the husk) surrounds the endocarp (the shell), while the white edible portion is the endosperm. Compare berry, pome. See more at simple fruit.