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Definition of Clingstone
1. Noun. Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
Definition of Clingstone
1. a. Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches.
Definition of Clingstone
1. Noun. A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clingstone
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clingstone
Literary usage of Clingstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Fruit Culturist, Containing Directions for the Propagation and by John Jacob Thomas (1849)
"LARGE WHITE clingstone. Large, round, suture slight, point at apex small; skin
white, ... This is one of the finest of clingstone peaches. SECTION HI. ..."
2. The American Fruit Book: Containing Directions for Raising, Propagating, and by Samuel W. Cole (1857)
"clingstone. Sept. 15 to 30. Produces the same from seed. We have seedlings of it
that are uniform. By Mr. J. Hartshorn, Reading, Ms. 41. ALLEN. ..."
3. Essays in the Study of Sienese Painting by Bernard Berenson (1918)
"We must first, to push the metaphor, discover whether a given fruit is an apple
or a peach, before classing it as a pippin or a clingstone. ..."
4. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1904)
"The following varieties planted on well drained land are carrying a good crop:
Wyant, De Soto, Wolf (freestone). Wolf (clingstone), Hawkeye, Stoddard, ..."
5. Virginia Cookery-book by Mary Stuart Smith (1912)
"To Preserve clingstone Peaches.—Peach Jam.—Quince Preserves.— Pear Preserves.— Raspberry
Preserves.— Strawberry Preserves. —To Make Jelly out of Strawberry ..."
6. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"Peaches : Rare Ripe, Early Nutmeg (ripe in July), Old New- ington, New Newington,
Large Early, Large Early clingstone, Large Red clingstone (weighs from n ..."
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