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drupe
(redirected from drupaceous)

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drupe: see fruit fruit, matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seed . After the egg nucleus, or ovum, has been fertilized (see fertilization ) and the embryo plantlet begins to form, the surrounding ovule (see pistil ) develops into a seed and the ovary wall
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drupe

Fruit in which the outer layer is a thin skin, the middle layer is thick and usually fleshy (though sometimes tough, as in the almond, or fibrous, as in the coconut), and the inner layer (the pit) is hard and stony. Within the pit is usually one seed. In aggregate fruits such as the raspberry and blackberry (which are not true berries), many small drupes are clumped together. Other representative drupes are the cherry, peach, mango, olive, and walnut.
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