stone fruit

noun

Any fruit with a soft fleshy exterior surrounding a hard pit or stone containing the seed.

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drupe
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Meanings

nounstone fruit (plural stone fruits or stone fruit)

plural stone fruits · alternative stonefruit

  1. Any fruit with a soft fleshy exterior surrounding a hard pit or stone containing the seed.

    Synonyms: drupe

  2. Any plant in the genus Prunus.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny fruit with a soft fleshy exterior surrounding a hard pit or stone containing the seed.

Similar
drupe

More synonyms by meaning

nounfleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube

Similar
drupe
Broader
fruit
Also see
drupe

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan fruit de pinyol
  • fruit de pinyolplant in the genus Prunus
Finnish tuomi
  • tuomiplant in the genus Prunus
Spanish fruta de hueso
  • fruta de huesoplant in the genus Prunus
Cite this entry
APA

stone fruit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20fruit

MLA

“stone fruit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20fruit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stone fruit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone%20fruit.

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