Definition of drupe in English:

drupe

noun druːpdrup

1Botany
A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g. a plum, cherry, almond, or olive.
〔植〕核果
Example sentencesExamples
- Hermit thrushes ate 14 pondberry fruits during six observation periods in 2000-2001, and 13 drupes during five observation periods in 2001-2002.
- This appears to have given rise to both single-seeded drupes and multi-seeded pyrenes early in evolution, and to berries later in evolution.
- That this tropical drupe can somehow be made to taste like smoky bacon without the greasy mess (and more ethical considerations of course) is uncanny.
- The fruit, a drupe with fleshy pulp and a high fat content, contains a glucoside which makes olives, especially unripe ones, very bitter.
- Fruiting plants are immediately recognizable by the unique bright blue color of their drupes, but sterile shrubs are very nondescript and easily overlooked.
2A small marine mollusc with a thick knobbly shell, found mainly in the Indo-Pacific.
核果螺
Genus Drupa, family Muricidae, class Gastropoda

Derivatives

drupaceous

adjective druːˈpeɪʃəsdruˈpeɪʃəs

Botany

Relating to or denoting plants that bear fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g. a plum, cherry, almond, or olive.
〔植〕核果
a largely drupaceous orchard
Example sentencesExamples
- A machine for the pitting of drupaceous fruits has an endless chain of articulated conveyor plates each provided with several vertical cylindrical bores whose flared mouths face upward.
- Similarities of these drupaceous fruits have been noted by Carlquist.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin drupa 'overripe olive', from Greek druppa 'olive'.

Rhymes

bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, sloop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop

Definition of drupe in US English:

drupe

noundrupdro͞op

Botany

A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g., a plum, cherry, almond, or olive.
〔植〕核果
Example sentencesExamples
- Fruiting plants are immediately recognizable by the unique bright blue color of their drupes, but sterile shrubs are very nondescript and easily overlooked.
- That this tropical drupe can somehow be made to taste like smoky bacon without the greasy mess (and more ethical considerations of course) is uncanny.
- Hermit thrushes ate 14 pondberry fruits during six observation periods in 2000-2001, and 13 drupes during five observation periods in 2001-2002.
- The fruit, a drupe with fleshy pulp and a high fat content, contains a glucoside which makes olives, especially unripe ones, very bitter.
- This appears to have given rise to both single-seeded drupes and multi-seeded pyrenes early in evolution, and to berries later in evolution.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin drupa ‘overripe olive’, from Greek druppa ‘olive’.

词汇	drupe
释义	Definition of drupe in English: drupe noun druːpdrup 1Botany A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g. a plum, cherry, almond, or olive. 〔植〕核果 Example sentencesExamples Hermit thrushes ate 14 pondberry fruits during six observation periods in 2000-2001, and 13 drupes during five observation periods in 2001-2002. This appears to have given rise to both single-seeded drupes and multi-seeded pyrenes early in evolution, and to berries later in evolution. That this tropical drupe can somehow be made to taste like smoky bacon without the greasy mess (and more ethical considerations of course) is uncanny. The fruit, a drupe with fleshy pulp and a high fat content, contains a glucoside which makes olives, especially unripe ones, very bitter. Fruiting plants are immediately recognizable by the unique bright blue color of their drupes, but sterile shrubs are very nondescript and easily overlooked. 2A small marine mollusc with a thick knobbly shell, found mainly in the Indo-Pacific. 核果螺 Genus Drupa, family Muricidae, class Gastropoda Derivatives drupaceous adjective druːˈpeɪʃəsdruˈpeɪʃəs Botany Relating to or denoting plants that bear fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g. a plum, cherry, almond, or olive. 〔植〕核果 a largely drupaceous orchard Example sentencesExamples A machine for the pitting of drupaceous fruits has an endless chain of articulated conveyor plates each provided with several vertical cylindrical bores whose flared mouths face upward. Similarities of these drupaceous fruits have been noted by Carlquist. Origin Mid 18th century: from Latin drupa 'overripe olive', from Greek druppa 'olive'. Rhymes bloop, cock-a-hoop, coop, croup, droop, dupe, goop, group, Guadeloupe, hoop, loop, poop, recoup, roup, scoop, sloop, snoop, soup, stoep, stoop, stoup, stupe, swoop, troop, troupe, whoop Definition of drupe in US English: drupe noundrupdro͞op Botany A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g., a plum, cherry, almond, or olive. 〔植〕核果 Example sentencesExamples Fruiting plants are immediately recognizable by the unique bright blue color of their drupes, but sterile shrubs are very nondescript and easily overlooked. That this tropical drupe can somehow be made to taste like smoky bacon without the greasy mess (and more ethical considerations of course) is uncanny. Hermit thrushes ate 14 pondberry fruits during six observation periods in 2000-2001, and 13 drupes during five observation periods in 2001-2002. The fruit, a drupe with fleshy pulp and a high fat content, contains a glucoside which makes olives, especially unripe ones, very bitter. This appears to have given rise to both single-seeded drupes and multi-seeded pyrenes early in evolution, and to berries later in evolution. Origin Mid 18th century: from Latin drupa ‘overripe olive’, from Greek druppa ‘olive’.
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