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单词 stone-fruit
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stone-fruitn.

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. 2a.)
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > stone-fruit or drupe
stone-fruit?1523
drupe1753
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xlvi All maner of stonne fruyte, as nuttes.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. xliv. 511 Plum trees and other trees bearing stone fruit.
1675 C. Cotton Planters Man. (title page) All sorts of Fruit-Trees, whether Stone-fruits, or Pepin-fruits.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 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.
1883 Evangelical Mag. Oct. 460 The kind of fruit called a ‘Drupe,’..generally known as a ‘stone-fruit’.
attributive.1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 5) II. 305 Stone-Fruit Trees generally bear on the Branches of the foregoing Year.1855 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Kitchen Garden 145 Stone-fruit-trees are almost always budded instead of being grafted.
2. (As two words.) [stone n. 2e, 17b] Imitation fruit made of stoneware, used as chimney ornaments.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > artificial flowers and fruit
paper flower1580
shell-flowers1739
artificial1840
wax flower1843
stone-fruit1851
flower1881
Japanese flower1917
1851 H. Mayhew London 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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