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Stone fruit   /stoʊn frut/   Listen
Stone fruit

noun
1.
Fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube.  Synonym: drupe.






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"Stone fruit" Quotes from Famous Books



... adherence to the wood, from injuring it. After long and expensive experiments, the director of the parks of the city of Paris finally, in 1863, adopted coal-tar, in preference to other preparations used, for covering tree wounds. In the case of stone fruit trees it should, however, be used with considerable caution, especially on plum trees. It should not be allowed to needlessly run down the trunk; and it is well to remember, that the more active a remedy is the greater should be the care in its ...
— Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. - A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside • Various



Words linked to "Stone fruit" :   Chinese date, drupelet, cherry, peach, olive, fruit, Chinese jujube, plum, jujube, elderberry, almond



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