a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe
Word origin
[1515–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1515–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cabala, domestic, engage, fairway, unload
Examples of 'stone fruit' in a sentence
stone fruit
In the research, mite species on stone fruit trees were invesitigated.
Rana Akyazı 2019, 'Mite species on stone fruit trees in Ordu province', Anadolu Tarım Bilimleri Dergisihttp://dergipark.gov.tr/omuanajas/issue/43320/441274. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We have also identified the class for complex resistance to fungal diseases of stone fruit.
Dolgova S.V., Turovtsev N.I., Turovtseva N.N. 2013, 'PERSPECTIVE SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS SELECTED BY SIDORENKO INSTITUTE OF IRRIGATED HORTICULTURE',Bìologìčnij Vìsnik Melìtopolʹsʹkogo Deržavnogo Pedagogìčnogo Universitetu Imenì BogdanaHmelʹnicʹkogohttp://ojs.mdpu.org.ua/index.php/biol/article/view/629/553. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Samplings were conducted in both orchards and individual stone fruit trees.
Nejla ÇELİK, Bengi TOPKAYA KÜTÜK 2013, 'Determination of sharka virus disease in Antalya', Derimhttp://derim.com.tr/article/view/5000017131/5000017013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Crops with low profit margins such as stone-fruit orchards may require lower-cost methods such as water treatment or target-area fumigation.
Suduan Gao, Bradley D. Hanson, Dong Wang, Gregory T. Browne, Ruijun Qin, Husein Ajwa,Scott R. Yates 2008, 'Methods evaluated to minimize emissions from preplant soil fumigation', California Agriculturehttp://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v065n01p41. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)