drupa

Definitions of drupa
  1. noun
    fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
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    almendra
    oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
    melocotón
    downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
    ciruela
    any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
    cereza
    a red fruit with a single hard stone
    azufaifa
    dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    aceitunas, olivas
    one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
    móra, zarzamora
    large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus
    frambuesa
    red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
    ciruela damascena
    dark purple plum of the damson tree
    ciruela claudia
    sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum
    cereza
    any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
    guinda
    acid cherries used for pies and preserves
    aceitunas negras
    olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil
    aceitunas rellenas
    olives picked green and pickled in brine; infrequently stuffed with e.g. pimento
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    fruto
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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