drupaceous

[ droo-pey-shuhs ]

adjective

, Botany.

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

   drupaceous trees.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drupaceous¹

First recorded in 1815–25; drupe + -aceous

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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