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stone fruit
noun
- a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
stone fruit
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stone fruit1
First recorded in 1515–25
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Example Sentences
These fruits are the resulting hybrids from stone-fruit breeding.
From The Daily Beast
Wash, dry and stone fruit; fill with a half marshmallow or blanched almond or chopped nuts and raisins and roll in sugar.
From Project Gutenberg
Stone fruit should be gathered in dry weather, and after the dew is off, for if gathered wet it loses colour and becomes mildewed.
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A stone fruit; soft externally with a stone at the center, as the cherry and peach.
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Many were in blossom, others were in fruit; the latter is an oblong little stone fruit of very bitter taste.
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The inferior ovary becomes a stone-fruit that looks like a berry.
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