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drupaceous

[ droo-pey-shuhs ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
  2. producing drupes:

    drupaceous trees.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of drupaceous1

First recorded in 1815–25; drupe + -aceous
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Example Sentences

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The fruit of the Hawthorn is a drupaceous pome, something between pome and drupe.

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And, again, the malformation is not without significance in regard to the relationship between the drupaceous and the pomaceous subdivisions of Rosaceæ.

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The fruit is drupaceous, and opens by two valves when ripe, displaying the beautiful reticulated scarlet arillus, which constitutes mace.

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The fruit is drupaceous, with a soft outer coat and a hard woody shell, greatly resembling that of a Cycad, both externally and internally.

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