Drupe

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title: Drupe
text: In botany, a drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a single shell of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. Drupes do not split open to release the seed, i.e. they are indehiscent. These fruits usually develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard, woody (lignified) stone is derived from the ovary wall of the flower. In an aggregate fruit, which is composed of small, indivi
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description: Fleshy fruit with hard inner layer (endocarp or stone) surrounding the seed
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupe
date created: 2002-06-15T19:41:27Z
date modified: 2024-09-12T06:05:10Z
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