drupe
Pronunciation Noun

drupe (plural drupes)

  1. 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 [...].



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