freestone
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈfriːstoʊn/
- Specialized
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fruta de hueso libre
- Freestone lions hold the freestone coat of arms in the middle of farmlands with cattle, sheep, chickens, and pigs.
- freestone peaches
Examples
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Freestone peaches are popular because their flesh separates easily from the pit.
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When making a pie, I prefer using freestone fruits so the preparation is easier.
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Same with this one is a Snow beauty White right here, Freestone white Peach.
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You can have all the pro junior titles from the freestones and whoever, but the only one that matters is the ASP world title winner.
Blog text (8) -
Typically, clings are grown for canning; freestone types are harvested for the fresh market.
Academic text (1994) -
"Green B. Haygood, writing in the same year, offered a more optimistic perspective on the water supply, explaining that Atlanta "is supplied with the very best freestone water from wells usually from 20 to 40 feet deep, though a very great number of excellent springs are found within the city limits." n23
Academic text (2010) -
In that day and age (1976 if my dates are right), northern New Mexico offered a host of relatively unpressured mountains and freestone streams to explore, coupled with the fascinating New Mexico tri-cultural amalgam that persists today.
Blog text (18) -
Many chefs choose freestone peaches for their dishes, as they offer a clean pit removal.
Synonyms
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1.0
A round soft fruit with sweet yellow or white flesh and a hard stone in the center
How Separable
- Specialized
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8.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word freestone comes from free ('not stuck') and stone ('pit'), so think of the stone as 'free' from the fruit flesh. So a freestone peach is one whose flesh easily comes away from the pit.