A family or group of plants that produce drupes or stone fruits.
From drupa (Latin for stone fruit) plus -aceae, the standard Latin suffix for plant families. Created by botanists in the 18th-19th centuries to classify fruit-bearing plants.
Scientists invented -aceae as a universal naming system for plant families, making it possible for botanists anywhere in the world to know exactly what they're talking about—it's like a secret code hidden in plant names!
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