lospit, noun

Origin:: AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, los loose, free + pit stone, pip, seed.

A freestone peach, a variety in which the stone or kernel is free from the flesh. Also attributive.

1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 302Lospit,..The name given to a variety of peach the flesh of which does not adhere to the stone.

1980 A.J. Blignaut Dead End Rd 55The glow of lospit peaches, ripe in the sun, turned the bottle into a lantern.

A freestone peach, a variety in which the stone or kernel is free from the flesh. Also attributive.

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