Dictionary

drupe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɹɪu̯p/
• /dɹuːp/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
   • Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds. 1905, Maude Gridley Peterson, How to Know Wild Fruits: A Guide to Plants When Not in Flower by Means of Fruit and Leaf, Macmillan, page 202:

Forms

Coordinates

pome · berry · hesperidium

Deriveds

drupelike · drupelet · drupaceous · polydrupe · drupal

Hypernyms

fruit

Synonyms

stone fruit

Translations (43)

izh toomi (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · mi hua karihi (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · is steinaldin (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · nl steenvrucht (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · sh koštùnica (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · nn steinfrukt (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · de Steinfrucht (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · es drupa (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · gl drupa (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · it nocciolo (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · br drupenn (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · mk ја́ткесто о́вошје (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · fr drupe (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · cy drŵp (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · cmn 核果 (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · tl labtasbunga (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · mi hua nganga (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · sv stenfrukt (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · ru костя́нка (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · sh кошту̀ница (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · hsb póčkaty płód (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · ro drupă (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · cy ffrwyth carreg (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · pl pestkowiec (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · hsb póčkojca (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · is steinber (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · fi luumarja (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · da stenfrugt (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · de Steinobst (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · cy ffrwyth cnewyllog (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · gl baga (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · hu csonthéjas gyümölcs (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · ga eithneachán (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · cs peckovice (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · el δρύπη (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · pt drupa (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · nb stenfrukt (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · eo drupo (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · ca drupa (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · it drupa (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · vi quả hạch (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · it frutto con nocciolo (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit) · nb steinfrukt (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit)