# Drupaceous

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/drupaceous
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

applied to [fruit](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/fruit "the seed bearing structure developed from the ovary of Magnoliopsida (Angiosperms) after fertilization.") with a structure of a [drupe](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/drupe "a succulent indehiscent fruit derived from a single carpel and having the pericarp differentiated into epicarp (skin), soft mesocarp and stony endocarp."), but derived from more than 1 [carpel](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/carpel "a unit of the gynoecium in which one or more ovules are enclosed. It is usually divided into stigma, style, and ovary.").

## Related terms

- [Drupe](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/drupe)

- [Drupaceous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/drupaceous "Transverse section of a drupaceous fruit with 5 carpels. Shading: seeds exposed by sectioning are shown in solid black.")