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Drupe
DRUPE
,Noun.
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drupe
drupe
English
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An annotated diagram of a drupe
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Drupes of Prunus virginiana (chokecherry)
Noun
drupe (plural drupes)
- A stone fruit.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 71:
- Her bare foot slipped, and the two panting youngsters tangled ignominiously among the branches, in a shower of drupes and leaves, clutching at each other [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 71:
Derived terms
Translations
stone fruit — see stone fruit