different between drupe vs druse

English

Etymology

Scientific Latin, from Latin dr?pa (“wrinkled olive”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (drúpp?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?u?p/
• Rhymes: -u?p
• Homophone: droop

Noun

drupe (plural drupes)

1. A stone fruit.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 71:

     Her bare foot slipped, and the two panting youngsters tangled ignominiously among the branches, in a shower of drupes and leaves, clutching at each other [...].

Derived terms

• drupelet

Translations

Anagrams

• Dupre, Prude, duper, perdu, prude, pured, red up, red-up

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dr?pa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?yp/

Noun

drupe f (plural drupes)

1. drupe

Further reading

• “drupe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• duper, perdu

Italian

Noun

drupe f

1. plural of drupa

Anagrams

• prude

English

Etymology

Compare German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”), and English dross.

Noun

druse (plural druses or drusen)

1. (mineralogy) An inner surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
2. (botany) An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants.
3. (ophthalmology) A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.

Derived terms

• drused
• drusenoid
• drusy

Translations

Anagrams

• Duers, Suder, rused

Italian

Noun

druse f

1. plural of drusa