DRUPE, noun [Latin, Gr, olives ready to fall, Gr., a tree; to fall.] In botany, a pulpy pericarp or fruit without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel; as the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, almond, olive, etc.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.