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Word: Drupe
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from Latin drupa ‘overripe olive’, from Greek druppa ‘olive’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
druːp
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g. a plum, cherry, almond, or olive.
Short Definition:fleshy fruit with thin skin
Definition:
a small marine mollusc with a thick knobbly shell, found mainly in the Indo-Pacific.
Short Definition:small marine mollusc with thick knobbly shell
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