Fruit with outer skin, inner fleshy layer and central woody 'stone'; derived from a single carpel, usually one-seeded, in which the exocarp is thin, the mesocarp is usually fleshy, and the endocarp stony (e g , peach or cherry)
fleshy outer layer covering makes up a single-seeded indehiscent fruit with the seed enclosed in a stony endocarp (stone fruit); examples include cherry, plum, and peach
n (Gr dryppa, an overripe olive) a fleshy or pulpy fruit with the inner portion of the pericarp hard or stony and enclosing the seed; usually 1-locular and 1-seeded, sometimes more than 1-locular and more than 1-seeded
Fruit in which the outer layer is a thin skin, the middle layer is thick and usually fleshy (though sometimes tough, as in the almond, or fibrous, as in the coconut), and the inner layer (the pit) is hard and stony. Within the pit is usually one seed. In aggregate fruits such as the raspberry and blackberry (which are not true berries), many small drupes are clumped together. Other representative drupes are the cherry, peach, mango, olive, and walnut
The fruit of certain plants of the laurel and rose families, having a thin exocarp, fleshy or leathery mesocarp, and a hard, stony endocarp Examples: avocadoes, almonds and peaches