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Drupe

noun

Fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube. Synonym: stone fruit.

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... in its regular and well-balanced shape the use of the pruning-knife, is GUETTARDIA SPECIOSA, the flowers of which are white with a tinge of pink in the centre and highly fragrant. The fruit is a hard, woody drupe, containing small seeds. TIMONIUS RUMPHII, belonging to the same Family, but of more frequent occurrence, bears small white flowers and globular fruit. The white, finely grained wood is said to resemble English ...

— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield

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... (Britain). This is a native species of large bush, or almost tree growth, with rugose, oblong, serrulated leaves, and large, flat cymes of white flowers appearing in May and June. The whole tree is usually covered with a scaly tomentum, while the fruit is a black flattened drupe. ...

— Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs • A. D. Webster

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Words linked to "Drupe" : fruit, Chinese date, olive, jujube, almond, Chinese jujube, cherry, peach, plum, drupaceous, elderberry