drupe
English
Etymology
Scientific Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin drūpa (“wrinkled olive”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek δρύππᾱ (drúppā).
Pronunciation
Noun
drupe (plural drupes)
- 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 [...].
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 71:
Derived terms
Translations
stone fruit — see stone fruit
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
drupe f (plural drupes)
Further reading
- “drupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Italian
Noun
drupe f
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