Drupe, n.

n. [Fr. drupe; Lat. drupa, an over-ripe, wrinkled olive, Gr. δρύπεπτον, from δρυπετής, ripened on the tree, over-ripe, properly, ready to fall from the tree, from δρῦς, oak, tree, and πίπτειν, to fall.] (Bot.) A pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous pericarp or fruit, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. It is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, &c.; dry and sub-coriaceous in the almond and horse-chestnut, and fibrous in the cocoa-nut.