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A drupe is a type of fruit with a soft, fleshy outer layer surrounding a hard pit that contains a single seed inside, with peaches being a common example. Drupes matter because they represent an important category of fruits that many people eat regularly, and understanding their structure helps explain how plants protect and disperse their seeds.
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250px|thumb|Diagram of a typical drupe (peach), showing both [[fruit and seed]] right|thumb|300px|The development sequence of a typical drupe, a smooth-skinned (Peach#Nectarines|nectarine) type of peach (Prunus persica) over a -month period, from bud formation in early winter to fruit ripening in midsummer
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the pip (UK), pit (US), stone, or pyrena) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside. Drupes do not split open to release the seed, i.e., they are indehiscent. These fruits usually develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries (polypyrenous drupes are exceptions).