stone fruit

noun

: a fruit with a stony endocarp : drupe

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The palate is complex, showing stone fruit, citrus, and tropical fruit flavors, distinct minerality, and a touch of spice. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 February • Implement disease and insect control for apple, pear, stone fruits, nut trees, and deciduous landscape trees and shrubs such as roses. The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025 This is a tasty bourbon, with classic notes of vanilla, brown sugar, and stone fruit on the palate, and a touch of heat that comes from it being bottled at 90 proof. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025 Every spring, timed to the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, Honkaku releases a whiskey partly aged in barrels made in part with cherry wood, giving it notes of stone fruit and fresh flowers. Clay Risen, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for stone fruit 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 22 Jan. 2025.

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