Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drupe

/dɹuːp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: drupe
IPA: /dɹuːp/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.

Example Sentences

"Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

drupes (plural)

Derived Forms

drupaceous drupal drupelet drupelike polydrupe

Frequently Paired Words

berry hesperidium pome

Synonyms

stone fruit

Homonyms

droop (most accents)

Rhymes With

group loop soup troop scoop poop hoop coop snoop coupe troupe whoop

Questions

How do you pronounce drupe?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɹuːp/.
What does drupe mean?: A kind of fruit, with a fleshy exterior, formed from the exocarp and mesocarp, surrounding a hardened endocarp which protects the seed.
Where does drupe come from?: Scientific Latin, from Latin drūpa (“wrinkled olive”), from Ancient Greek δρύππᾱ (drúppā).

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