clingstone peach

noun

A variety of peach where the fruit's flesh is firmly attached to the central pit or stone.

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nounclingstone peach (plural clingstone peaches)

plural clingstone peaches

  1. A variety of peach where the fruit's flesh is firmly attached to the central pit or stone.

    All clingstone peaches sold for processing through the Ontario Tender Fruit Growers' Marketing Board were assessed a fee of $6.00 per ton.

    1979, E. D. McKibbon, Freestone and Clingstone Peach Production Costs, Ontario, 1977, page 5

    Synonyms: plum peach

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nounA variety of peach where the fruit's flesh is firmly attached to the central pit or stone.

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