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drupe

noun as in berry

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noun as in fruit

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Some of the most common drupes include peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and cherries, but olives, mangoes and pecans also fall under this category.

It was while the manager was deciding which of three other young women to take that Mr. Drupe was stricken with apoplexy.

Areca, a genus of lofty palms with pinnated leaves, and a drupe-like fruit enclosed in a fibrous rind.

The Almond fruit is a drupe, like the peach, but the flesh is thin and hard and the pit is the Almond of commerce.

The fruit is a purple-black, globular, berry-like drupe, containing a stone with one or two seeds.

The fruit is a black, berry-like drupe containing (usually) eight little, seedlike stones.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to drupe, such as: bean, grain, kernel, drupelet, haw, and hip.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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