See also: stonefruit

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stone fruit (plural stone fruits)

  1. Any fruit with a soft fleshy exterior surrounding a hard pit or stone containing the seed.
    Synonym: drupe
    Hyponyms: apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, plum, date, mango, olive, almond, coffee, pistachio, jujube
  2. Any plant in the genus Prunus.

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  • References to "the stone fruits", or to stone fruits as a group are usually references to members of the genus Prunus (plums, cherries, and related plants). Similarly constructed fruits from other groups of plants, such as olives, are described with the more general term drupe.

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