Relating to, producing, or having the characteristics of a drupe or stone fruit.
From Latin drupa plus -aceous, a suffix meaning 'of or pertaining to.' The suffix comes from Latin -aceus and is used in botanical and scientific terminology to describe plant characteristics.
Many of our favorite fruits—almonds, plums, apricots, mangoes—are all drupaceous, which means they share the same secret strategy of protecting their seeds with a hard shell wrapped in delicious bait for animals.
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