Definitions for "Drupes"
Keywords:  stony, fleshy, endocarp, seeded, fruit
A fleshy fruit with one or more seeds, each surrounded by a hard layer
fleshy or pulpy, one-seeded fruits, the seed with a stony covering
("stone fruit") A simple fruit produced from a single carpel, usually one-seeded, with an outer fleshy layer of tissue called the pericarp and an inner, heavy stony layer called the endocarp .