The stone of a stone fruit, esp. an olive. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > stone-fruit or drupe > stone or formation of stone (9) bonec1384 The stone of a stone fruit, esp. an olive. Obsolete. stone?1523 The hard wood-like endocarp of a stone-fruit or drupe, enclosed by the pulpy pericarp, and enclosing the seed or kernel. Also applied to the hard… nut1600 The kernel of a peach, date, etc. Obsolete. rare. ossiculum1706 The stone of a fruit. Obsolete. rare. paip1721 (a) A cherry stone, esp. one picked clean and used in various children's games as a counter or the like (see quots.). Also gen.: a fruit stone, a… putamen1793 Botany. A hard, woody endocarp; spec. the stone of a drupe. Now rare. pyrene1800 The stone of a fruit (esp. a drupe) consisting of a single seed surrounded by a hard woody endocarp. Cf. putamen, n. 2. pit1803 Originally North American. The stone of a fruit; (also occasionally) the pip of a fruit. stoning1842 Formation of the stone in fruit. Also attributive. |
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