stone fruit

noun

1. a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.

stone fruit

noun

1. the nontechnical name for drupe

Word History and Origins

Origin of stone fruit¹

First recorded in 1515–25

Example Sentences

Between that and the stone fruit, it’s the equivalent of easing into a cool pool on a hot day.

From Washington Post

The only trouble with the crimson stone fruit, also called pie cherries or tart cherries, is that their season is fleeting.

From Washington Post

So called for the singular pit or stone at the center — which houses a seed inside — stone fruit, also known as drupes, are generally in season late May through early October in the United States.

From Washington Post

There are different types of each of the stone fruit included in this list, but plums are perhaps the most varied.

From Washington Post

Compared to other stone fruit, apricots tend to be firmer when ripe and won’t get as juicy.

From Washington Post

These fruits are the resulting hybrids from stone-fruit breeding.

From The Daily Beast

Wash, dry and stone fruit; fill with a half marshmallow or blanched almond or chopped nuts and raisins and roll in sugar.

From Project Gutenberg

Stone fruit should be gathered in dry weather, and after the dew is off, for if gathered wet it loses colour and becomes mildewed.

From Project Gutenberg

A stone fruit; soft externally with a stone at the center, as the cherry and peach.

From Project Gutenberg

Many were in blossom, others were in fruit; the latter is an oblong little stone fruit of very bitter taste.

From Project Gutenberg

The inferior ovary becomes a stone-fruit that looks like a berry.

From Project Gutenberg