Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a fruit, especially a peach, having flesh that adheres closely to the stone.
- noun A clingstone fruit, especially a peach.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the pulp adhering firmly to the stone: said of a class of peaches.
- noun A peach of this class.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
stone fruit having astone (pit ) thatclings to the flesh.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
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Examples
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In general, a peach will either be freestone (pit frees easily from the flesh), or clingstone (pit clings to the flesh and is hard to remove).
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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My mistake was in thinking these would be as easy to pit as Kalamata's and obviously they aren't - it's probably very much like the difference between clingstone peaches and freestones, I'm sure olives are the same.
Really Stuffed Sicilian Olives Haalo 2007
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I've always wondered if Tyty had a good sense of humor or were a frightening group of people becaus theire return label on the clingstone package featured a man holding a shotgun.
Organic standards scusteister 2005
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According to Gene Logsdon, clingstone peaches are the best tasting ever but nobody likes them because they are not "cling-free."
Organic standards scusteister 2005
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I ordered from them before because they were the only place I could find clingstone peaches.
Organic standards scusteister 2005
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Well I don't eat anti-static fabric sheets so I'm more than happy to sample a clingstone.
Organic standards scusteister 2005
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Yellow varieties were developed mainly after 1850, and firm clingstone varieties have been bred mainly for drying, canning, and improved tolerance of shipping and handling.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Their flesh may be white or yellow, and either firm or melting, strongly attached to the large central stone (clingstone) or easily detached (freestone).
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Varieties of the Asian species Santa Rosa, elephant heart, and many others tend to be larger, rounder, from yellow to red to purple, clingstone, and often melting.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Varieties of the Asian species Santa Rosa, elephant heart, and many others tend to be larger, rounder, from yellow to red to purple, clingstone, and often melting.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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