Transcription
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- [droop]
- /drup/
- /druːp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [droop]
- /drup/
Definitions of drupe word
- noun drupe any fruit, as a peach, cherry, plum, etc., consisting of an outer skin, a usually pulpy and succulent middle layer, and a hard and woody inner shell usually enclosing a single seed. 1
- noun drupe A fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g., a plum, cherry, almond, or olive. 1
- noun drupe an indehiscent fruit consisting of outer epicarp, fleshy or fibrous mesocarp, and stony endocarp enclosing a single seed, as in the peach, plum, and cherry 0
- noun drupe any fruit with a soft, fleshy part (mesocarp) covered by a skinlike outer layer (exocarp, or epicarp) and surrounding an inner stone (endocarp) that contains the seed, as an apricot, cherry, plum, etc. 0
- noun drupe A stone fruit. 0
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Origin of drupe
First appearance:
before 1745 One of the 47% newest English words
1745-55; < Latin drūpa, druppa overripe olive < Greek drýppa olive
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Parts of speech for Drupe
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drupe popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for drupe
noun drupe
- kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- bean — Beans such as green beans, French beans, or broad beans are the seeds of a climbing plant or the long thin cases which contain those seeds.
- grain — granularity
- hip — hypochondria.
- seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
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