Meaning of Drupe | Babel Free
dɹuːpDefinitions
a kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
Equivalents
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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