drupe

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Drupe berry-like, with 5–10 seed-like nutlets.—Shrubs, with alternate leaves, and scaly-bracted nearly white flowers in terminal racemes or clusters.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Drupe globose, resembling a very large orange, 5 chambers, each containing 1, 2 or more seeds, convex on one side and concave on the other, angular and much crowded.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Then she turned to the form of the man lying prostrate on the floor, seized a pillow from the lounge, and motioned to Mrs. Drupe to raise his head while she laid it beneath.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward

Dr. Morris found Mrs. Drupe already a widow when he arrived with the cashier.

From Duffels by Eggleston, Edward

Drupe, fleshy, inferior, oval with the borders turned upward containing a very hard and fibrous nut; seed long and sharp-pointed.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers