drupe

Scientific Latin, from Latin drūpa (“wrinkled olive”), from Ancient Greek δρύππᾱ (drúppā).

• IPA^(key): /dɹuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp
• Homophone: droop

drupe (plural drupes)

1. A stone fruit.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 71:

     Her bare foot slipped, and the two panting youngsters tangled ignominiously among the branches, in a shower of drupes and leaves, clutching at each other [...].

• drupelet

• Dupre, Prude, duper, perdu, prude, pured, red up, red-up

drupe f (plural drupes)

1. drupe

• “drupe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• duper, perdu

drupe f

1. plural of drupa

• prude