drupe

/dru:p/

Thân thiện

A ripe peach, a classic drupe, sits on a wooden cutting board.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of simple fleshy fruit: A drupe is a simple fruit that develops from a single ovary of a flower. It is characterized by having a fleshy outer part (exocarp and mesocarp) surrounding a hard, stony endocarp (pit or stone) that encloses a single seed. Examples include peaches, plums, cherries, and olives.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • A peach is a classic example of a drupe.
  • Botanists classify almonds as drupes because of their hard inner shell.
  • The cherry tree produces a small, red drupe.

Advanced Usage

• In botanical classification: The term is used to distinguish this fruit type from others like berries, pomes, or nuts. For instance, while a raspberry is an aggregate fruit composed of many small drupelets, each tiny unit is structurally a small drupe.
  • The coconut is considered a drupe, albeit a fibrous one.

Variants and Related Words

• Drupelet (n): A small drupe, typically one of many that make up an aggregate fruit.
  • Each segment of a blackberry is a drupelet.

Synonyms

• Stone fruit: A common, non-technical synonym for drupe.
• Pit fruit: Informal term highlighting the presence of a pit.

Related Terms (Not Phrasal Verbs)

• Endocarp: The hard, stony layer surrounding the seed in a drupe.
• Mesocarp: The fleshy middle layer of a drupe.

Học thuật

Noun

1. fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stone fruit