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Drupe - Definition of Drupe at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Drupe. Look it up now! ... Use drupe in a Sentence...
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Drupe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Definition of drupe in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of drupe. Pronunciation of drupe. Translations of drupe. drupe synonyms, drupe antonyms. Information about drupe in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... A drupe usually contains a single seed enclosed by a hardened endocarp, which often adheres closely...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on drupe (plant anatomy), fruit in which the outer layer of the ovary wall is a thin skin, the middle layer is thick and usually fleshy (though sometimes tough, as in the almond, or fibrous, as in the coconut), and the inner layer, known as the pit, or putamen, is hard and stony.
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drupe n. A fleshy fruit, such as a peach, plum, or cherry, usually having a single hard stone that encloses a seed ... Food and Nutrition: drupe...
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drupe , stone fruit fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; ... Definition: drupe, stone fruit...
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Definition of drupe from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Main Entry: drupe...
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Many so-called botanical nuts are more appropriately termed "drupes" or "dry drupes." These "false nuts" are really the seed-bearing, hard, inner layer (endocarp) of a fruit called a drupe. In dry drupes the outer layer or husk sometimes splits open or withers.
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