英语词汇“stone、fruit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

stone-fruit

释义

stone-fruit
1. [stone n. 12.] A fruit having the seed or kernel surrounded by a ‘stone’ or hard endocarp within the pulp; a drupe. (Also collectively: cf. fruit n. 2 a.)
1523–34Fitzherb. Husb. §140 All maner of stone fruite, and nuttes.1600Surflet Country Farm iii. xliv. 511 Plum trees, and other trees bearing stone fruit.1675Cotton Planters Man. title-p., All sorts of Fruit-Trees, whether Stone-fruits, or Pepin-fruits.1842Loudon Suburban Hort. 441 It ought not to be gathered till it is quite ripe, which in stone fruits and berries is known by its softness and fragrance.1883Evang. Mag. Oct. 460 The kind of fruit called a ‘Drupe,’..generally known as a ‘stone-fruit’.
attrib.1721Mortimer Husb. (ed. 5) II. 305 Stone-Fruit Trees generally bear on the Branches of the foregoing Year.1855Delamer Kitch. Gard. (1861) 145 Stone-fruit-trees are almost always budded instead of being grafted.
2. (As two words.) [stone n. 2 e, 17 b.] Imitation fruit made of stoneware, used as chimney ornaments.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 371/1 Of stone fruit there are now usually six street sellers... The fruit is principally made at Chesterfield in Derbyshire... The most saleable fruits are apples, pears, peaches, apricots, oranges, lemons, and cucumbers. The cucumbers, which are sometimes of pot as well as of stone..are sometimes made to serve for gin-bottles.

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