释义 |
drupaceous, a. Bot.|druːˈpeɪʃəs| [f. mod.L. drūpa: see next and -aceous.] Of the nature of a drupe, or characterized by bearing drupes; belonging to the Drupaceæ, a subdivision of the Rosaceæ bearing stone-fruits.
1822Good Study Med. vi. iii. IV. 687 In drupaceous fruits. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 74 Fruit 1-seeded, hard and dry, and drupaceous. 1835― Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 163 The Peach and other drupaceous plants. 1866Treas. Bot. I. 54/2 The drupaceous subdivision of the rose family. |