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The fleshy fruits with hard and stony endocarp are called as

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Drupe
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Berry
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Pepo
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Pome
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Solution

The correct option is A Drupe
A drupe is a fruit in which an outer fleshy part which surrounds a hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop from a single carpel and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries. The definitive characteristic of a drupe is that the hard lignified stone (or pit) is derived from the ovary wall of the flower.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

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