Its leaves are shaped like spear-heads; the fruit is a kind of drupe, clothed in fleshy scales. From Wordnik.com. [The Castaways] Reference
The fruit is a drupe about the size and color of a damson. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Kernel The part lying inside the hard shell of a nut or drupe. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
The fruit is a smooth, ellipsoidal drupe, up to almost 2 cm long. From Wordnik.com. [3 The Tree] Reference
The fruit is an oval-shaped drupe 2. 5-5 cm in length and 2.5 cm in diameter. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
Its fruit is a drupe, reddish orange, varying in length from 5 to 12 mm, with a tart, bittersweet taste. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 26] Reference
Without value for the fleshy part of the drupe, but with a nut like that of the apricot, highly prized for its kernel. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917] Reference
Regarding M.E.M. ... umm, I think that pistachios are a drupe or something, or maybe a nut, but I'm pretty sure they're not a fruit. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Briefly] Reference
The Seed-yejfel is a drupe, roundifli and of one cell. From Wordnik.com. [Arbustrum Americanum = The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties; also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy] Reference
The fruit is a hard, woody drupe, containing small seeds. From Wordnik.com. [Tropic Days] Reference
The lover seeks to string the golden drupe of the pandanus. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula] Reference
Berry-like drupe, with 4-celled nut, one seed in each cell. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
The fruit is a drupe, globose, fleshy, and devoid of bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852] Reference
Probably hardly one per cent. of the drupe is digestible food. From Wordnik.com. [The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers] Reference
The fruit is a drupe, containing a large blackish flatted seed. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants] Reference
Fruit, a globose, greenish-yellow drupe with numerous bony seeds. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
The cashew "nut" is actually a drupe and is the fruit of the tree. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The cashew "nut" is actually a dry drupe and is the fruit of the tree. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Fruit a globose drupe, crowned by the calyx, with 10 inconspicuous ribs. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
The seed inside the drupe has two cotyledons, which is characteristic of. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
When the drupe and pseudofruit are ripe, they fall off the tree together. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The cashew kernel, found inside the shell of the drupe, is the seed of the plant. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Its drupe was used in decoration, its leaves were braided into mats, hats, bags, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula] Reference
It becomes ripe at the same time as the drupe, and they both fall off the tree together. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The fruit is usually harvested after falling off the tree, and the apple and drupe are separated. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Russia, but I wonder whether the people there, too, will soon grow tired of the dun, hairy drupe. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
That the upstart group of the base-born drupe. From Wordnik.com. [Fudge and Darn - R.I.P. John M. Ford] Reference
2-seeded drupe, ellipsoid, to 2 cm, green, turning red to dark red on ripening. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Fruit, an elliptical drupe. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
The fruit is a small fleshy drupe. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
The rich hala drupe from Naue's strand. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula] Reference
Hala fruit bunch and drupe with a "lei" 170. From Wordnik.com. [Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula] Reference
The suave plum than the savage-tasted drupe. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning] Reference
The drupe matures first. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The fruit is a small black drupe. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
After pollination, the drupe requires. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
It is the peduncle (stem) of the drupe. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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