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Drupe , drupe / droōp/ • n. Bot. a fleshy fruit with thin skin and a central stone containing the seed, e.g., a plum, cherry, almond, or olive. DERIVATIVES:… Fruits , Fruits
The fruit is the mature ovary and its associated parts. This unique covering of the seeds of flowering plants gives this group of plants their… Fruit , fruit, matured ovary of the pistil of a flower, containing the seed. After the egg nucleus, or ovum, has been fertilized (see fertilization) and the… Stone , stone / stōn/ • n. 1. the hard, solid, nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, esp. as a building material: the houses are built of stone |… Fruit Bat , fruit bat • n. a bat (family Pteropodidae) with a long snout and large eyes, feeding chiefly on fruit or nectar and found mainly in the Old World tro… Berry , berry •Barry, Carrie, carry, Cary, Clarrie, Gary, glengarry, harry, intermarry, Larry, marry, miscarry, parry, tarry •angry • chapelry • cavalry • la…
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