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A fruit with a heart of stone, literally guarding its seed like treasure.

means A fleshy fruit with a single hard pit enclosing the seed, like a peach, cherry, or olive.

from From Latin drupa, meaning an overripe olive, borrowed from Greek dryppa, a shriveled olive clinging to the branch.

Almond truthYou eat the seed, not the fruit
Coconut twistTechnically a fibrous drupe, not a nut
Berry rivalryBlackberries are clusters of tiny drupes
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