noun
fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
• Syn: ↑drupe
• Hypernyms: ↑fruit
• Hyponyms:
↑almond, ↑peach, ↑plum, ↑cherry, ↑elderberry, ↑jujube, ↑Chinese date, ↑Chinese jujube, ↑olive, ↑drupelet
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noun : a fruit with a stony endocarp : drupe
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a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
[1515-25]
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stone fruit noun
Any fruit with a stone, a drupe
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Main Entry: ↑stone
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stone fruit,
a fruit having the seed covered with a hard shell (stone) that is surrounded by a layer of pulp; drupe: »
A peach is a stone fruit.
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n. a fruit with flesh or pulp enclosing a stone, such as a peach, plum, or cherry
Useful english dictionary. 2012.