cherrystone

cherrystone
/cher"ee stohn'/, n.
1. the one-seeded smooth stone of the cherry.
2. the quahog, Venus mercenaria, when larger than a littleneck.
[1300-50; ME cheriston. See CHERRY, STONE]

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