une dupe
English translation: drupe
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| 12:03 Jul 5, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 20:53 | ||||||
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10 mins confidence: 
a crest Explanation: une dupe comes from the bird huppe, which is typical for its stupid outlooks caused by a crest. So this fruit ( I don't know which) could have kind of a crest .(?) (Information from Littré Enc.) |
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20 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5drupe Explanation: I just can't help wondering if this isn't a typo for 'drupe', which seems to make so much more sense in a botanical context! Yes, I know I'm always the first to say that one shouldn't start off by assuming a typo, but in this case, it does seem so very likely... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2007-07-05 13:48:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- From your added context, Conor, I am more than ever convinced that this is a typo, since what it describes is exactly the description of the 'drupe' of a raspberry. Cf. NS OED: "drupe: A fleshy indehiscent fruit with an outer skin and a central stone enclosing the seed (e.g. a cherry, a plum)." It is understandable as a typo, because 'drupe' probably wouldn't be found in a spell-checker, whereas 'dupe' would — so if someone had the misfortune to hit 'replace all' while spell-checking, every occurrence would have been 'corrected'! |
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