stone fruit

noun

: a fruit with a stony endocarp : drupe

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Meet toasted coconut brunette, an equally summery color that doesn’t involve red dye or references to apricots, peaches, or any other stone fruit. Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 9 May 2025 The palate is chewy and spicy, with molasses, clove, toffee, stone fruit, and spiced/candied orange zest flavors, driven by the spicy rye content. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 Fresh Colombian pink bourbon grounds smell like stone fruit and citrus. Emily Bloch, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025 Thin marble-size fruits on mature stone fruit, apple and pear trees. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 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 May. 2025.

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