stone fruit
See also: stonefruit
English
Alternative forms
- stonefruit
Noun
stone fruit (plural stone fruits)
- any fruit with a soft fleshy exterior surrounding a hard pit or stone containing the seed
- Synonym: drupe
- Hyponyms: apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, plum, date, mango, olive, almond, coffee, pistachio, jujube
- any plant in the genus Prunus
Usage notes
- References to "the stone fruits", or to stone fruits as a group are usually references to members of the genus Prunus (plums, cherries, and related plants). Similarly constructed fruits from other groups of plants, such as olives, are described with the more general term drupe.
Hypernyms
- fruit
Translations
drupe — see drupe
plant in the genus Prunus
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See also
- clingstone
- freestone