clingstoneadj.n.
/ˈklɪŋstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈklɪŋˌstoʊn/ A variety of the peach in which the flesh of the ripe fruit clings to the stone.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > peach > clingstone peach
presse1604
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1705 R. Beverley Hist. Virginia iv. xxii. 78 The best sort of these cling to the Stone, and will not come off clear, which they call Plum-Nectarines, and Plum-Peaches, or Cling-Stones.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 345/2 The firm-fleshed or cling~stone peaches..are preferred in America.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 347/1 Cling~stones..Melters.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 55/1 Three principal varieties of the Peach exist—clingstones, melters or freestones, and nectarines.
1880 Sat. Rev. 612 The division of peaches and nectarines into freestones and clingstones.
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