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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    mandorla
    oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
    pesca
    downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
    prugna, susina
    any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
    ciliegia
    a red fruit with a single hard stone
    giuggiola
    dark red plumlike fruit of Old World buckthorn trees
    oliva, uliva
    one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish
    lampone
    red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
    agriotta, visciola
    acid cherries used for pies and preserves
    type of:
    frutta, frutto
    the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
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