Drupe

Drupe, in Botany, a succulent fruit containing a single seed or kernel, usually inclosed in a hard 'stone,' the endocarp. The succulent part is the mesocarp, the skin of the epicarp. Examples are familiar in the fruits generally known as stone-fruits, the peach, plum, cherry, &c. The fruits of the genus Rubus (Raspberry, Bramble) are composed of many small aggregated drupes upon a common receptacle. See FRUIT.