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Definition of Drupel
1. n. A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.
Definition of Drupel
1. drupelet [n -S] - See also: drupelet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drupel
Literary usage of Drupel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"It is also used for the drupel of the blackberry, raspberry, &c. Bloody-bat, sb.
the ' hat-bat,' Vespertilio noctula. ..."
2. A Glossary of Botanic Terms, with Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1905)
"a sinele member of such fruits as the raspberry, a drupel ; formerly used for a
bunch of fruit, ..."
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