Drupe

drōōp, n. a fleshy fruit containing a stone, as the plum, .— adj. Drupā′ceo us , producing or pertaining to drupes or stone-fruits.— n. Drup′el , a little drupe. [L. drupa —Gr. dryppa , an over-ripe olive— drypepēs , ripened on the tree, from drys , a tree, and peptein , to cook; cf. drupetēs — drys , and piptein , to fall.]