prune
Definitions of prune
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any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pittype of:fruit comestibleedible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet fleshdrupefleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
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