| 释义 |
clingstone, a. and n.|ˈklɪŋstəʊn|
A variety of the peach in which the flesh of the ripe fruit clings to the stone.
1722Beverley Virginia (ed. 2) 279 The best sort cling to the Stone, and will not come off clear, which they call Plum-Nectarines, and Plum-Peaches, or Cling-Stones. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 345/2 The firm-fleshed or cling⁓stone peaches..are preferred in America. Ibid. 347/1 Cling⁓stones..Melters. 1866Treas. Bot. 55/1 Three principal varieties of the Peach exist—clingstones, melters or freestones, and nectarines. 1880Sat. Rev. 612 The division of peaches and nectarines into freestones and clingstones. |