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| drupe [ droop ] (plural drupes) |
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fruit with pit inside: a fruit with a thin outer skin, soft pulpy middle, and hard stony central part that encloses a seed. Apricots, plums, cherries, and almonds are drupes.
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| [Mid-18th century. Via modern Latin< Latin drupa "overripe olive" < Greek druppa "olive"] |
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