drupa

From Latin drupa, from Ancient Greek δρύπεπα (drúpepa), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πέπτειν (péptein, “to ripen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdru.pa/
• Rhymes: -upa
• Hyphenation: drù‧pa

drupa f (plural drupe)

1. (botany) drupe

• nocciolo

• pruda

• drūpa oliva
• druppa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δρῠ́ππᾱ (drúppā, “olive”), elliptic form of δρῠ́πεπᾰ (ἐλαίᾱ) (drúpepa (elaíā), “ripe olive”), from δρῠοπέτης (druopétēs), δρῠπεπής (drupepḗs), δρῡ́πεψ (drū́peps, “ripened on a tree, ripe”, literally “ready to fall from the tree”), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”).

drūpa f (genitive drūpae); first declension

1. (botany) drupe

First-declension noun.

• “druppa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• oliva drūpa oliva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

drupa f (plural drupas)

1. (botany) drupe; stone fruit (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit)

From Latin drupa, from Ancient Greek δρύπεπα (drúpepa), accusative of δρύπεψ (drúpeps), from δρῦς (drûs, “tree”) + πέπτειν (péptein, “to ripen”).

drupa f (plural drupas)

1. (botany) drupe

• “drupa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014