In botany, a drupe is an indehiscent fruit in which an outer fleshy part surrounds a single shell of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits usually develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries.

What is an example of a drupe?

drupe, in botany, simple fleshy fruit that usually contains a single seed, such as the cherry, peach, and olive. ... Other representative drupes are the mango, walnut, and dogwood.

What exactly is a drupe?

A drupe is a fruit with a hard stony covering enclosing the seed (like a peach or olive) and comes from the word drupa meaning overripe olive. A coconut, and all drupes, have three layers: the exocarp (outer layer), the mesocarp (fleshy middle layer), and the endocarp (hard, woody layer that surrounds the seed).