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drupaceous

[droo-pey-shuhs]

adjective Botany.

resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.

producing drupes: drupaceous trees.

Origin:
1815–25; drupe + -aceous

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organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy

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drupe (druːp)

—n
	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

[C18: from Latin druppa wrinkled overripe olive, from Greek: olive]

drupaceous

—*adj*

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