Drupe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɹuːp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Drupe is a noun meaning (botany) A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
Meaning
(botany) A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
Example Sentences
Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds.
Word Forms
- drupes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include globose, ellipsoid, drupelet, stone, tryma, endocarp.
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