drupe

Scientific Latin, from Latin drūpa (“wrinkled olive”), from Ancient Greek δρύππᾱ (drúppā).

• IPA^(key): /dɹuːp/, /dɹɪu̯p/
• Rhymes: -uːp
• Homophone: droop (most accents)

drupe (plural drupes)

1. (botany) a kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.

   Synonym: stone fruit

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 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 [...].

• fruit

• drupelet

• Dupre, Prude, duper, perdu, prude, pured, red up, red-up

Borrowed from Latin drūpa.

• IPA^(key): /dʁyp/

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drupe f (plural drupes)

1. drupe

• “drupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• duper, perdu

• IPA^(key): /ˈdru.pe/
• Rhymes: -upe
• Hyphenation: drù‧pe

drupe f

1. plural of drupa

• prude