Drupe
Pronunciation : Drupe
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. drupe, L. drupa an overripe, wrinkled olive, fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913