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Freestone

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Noun

1. freestone

fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Freestone

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noun
1. 
a. 
any fine-grained stone, esp sandstone or limestone, that can be cut and worked in any direction without breaking
b. 
(as modifier)
a freestone house
2. botany
a. 
a fruit, such as a peach, in which the flesh separates readily from the stone
b. 
(as modifier)
a freestone peach
Compare clingstone

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Freestone

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noun
1. 
a stone, esp. sandstone or limestone, that can be cut easily without splitting
2. 
a. 
a peach, plum, etc. in which the pit does not cling to the pulp of the ripened fruit
b. 
such a pit
adjective
3. 
having such a pit

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Freestone

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n.
1. A stone, such as limestone, that is soft enough to be cut easily without shattering or splitting.
2. A fruit, especially a peach, that has a stone that does not adhere to the flesh.

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