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Drupe
is always a great word to know.
So is autotroph. Does it mean:
| sexual form of a haploid plant in the alternation of generations |
| organism capable of self-nourishment which uses photosynthesis or chemosynthesis for energy |
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Word Origin & History
drupe
1753, from Mod.L. drupa "stone-fruit," from L. drupa (oliva) "wrinkled olive," from Gk. druppa.
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Science Dictionary
drupe  (dr p) Pronunciation Key
A simple fruit derived from a single carpel. A drupe usually contains a single seed enclosed by a hardened endocarp, which often adheres closely to the seed within. In peaches, plums, cherries, and olives, a fleshy edible mesocarp surrounds the endocarp (the pit or stone). In the coconut, a fibrous mesocarp (the husk) surrounds the endocarp (the shell), while the white edible portion is the endosperm. Compare berry, pome. See more at simple fruit. |
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