STONE-FRUIT, noun [stone and fruit.] Fruit whose seeds are covered with a hard shell enveloped in the pulp, as peaches, cherries, plums, etc.; a drupe.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
STONE-FRUIT, noun [stone and fruit.] Fruit whose seeds are covered with a hard shell enveloped in the pulp, as peaches, cherries, plums, etc.; a drupe.
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