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A fleshy fruit containing one or more seeds
which are surrounded by a hard, protective
layer, for example cherry, almond and plum.
The wall of the fruit (pericarp) is
differentiated into the outer skin (exocarp),
the fleshy layer of tissues (mesocarp), and
the hard layer surrounding the seed
(endocarp). The coconut is a drupe, but here
the pericarp becomes dry and fibrous at
maturity. Blackberries are an aggregate fruit
composed of a cluster of small drupes.