DRUPES

Noun

drupes

plural of drupe

Anagrams

• Dupres, Prudes, dupers, perdus, prudes, pursed, reds up, sprued

Source: Wiktionary


DRUPE

Drupe, n. Etym: [F. drupe, L. drupa an overripe, wrinkled olive, fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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