stone fruit

noun

: a fruit with a stony endocarp : drupe

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Simcoe and Citra hops are the stars here, lending notes of tangerine and stone fruits. Meghan Howes, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2025 The finish is long, sweet, and smoky, with lingering stone fruit notes and peat smoke. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 While perfectly safe, ethylene—produced by foods like apples, bananas, stone fruit, and tomatoes—can speed up ripening of ethylene-sensitive fresh fare nearby. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2025 The wine is Intense and aromatic on the nose, featuring ripe passion and stone fruit with subtle hints of gooseberry and fresh-cut grass. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stone fruit

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stone fruit was circa 1534

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“Stone fruit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stone%20fruit. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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