Examples of drupe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Each orb of citrus, berry, or drupe feels like a special gift from the earth, a sweet surprise that can both quench your thirst and fill your stomach. — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2021 Botanically speaking, stone fruits are a type of drupe: thin-skin fruits with soft flesh around a hard stone or pit encasing their seeds. — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2020 Milks made from almonds and coconuts (which are technically drupes) are a couple of the most common, versatile dairy alternatives out there. — Jenna Birch, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019 Peanuts are legumes, pine nuts are the seeds of pines, and almonds, pecans, cashews, and walnuts are the seeds of fruits classified as drupes. — Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2019 Botanically, the olive is a drupe, as are cherries, almonds, and plums — a fair amount of flesh and a stone-hard pit. — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 12 June 2019 In any botanist's book that means they're technically classified as fruits — specifically a kind called drupes, a.k.a. stone fruits. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 Dec. 2018 Well, fortunately, from drinks to desserts, the fruit— technically speaking, a drupe — is one of the more versatile growing in area soils. — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 30 May 2018 Stone fruit, also called drupes, include such summer favorites as peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and cherries as well as all their crosses such as pluots and apriums. — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 13 June 2017

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