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Cherry Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cherry? [n] a red the color of ripe cherries [n] fruit with a single hard stone [n] any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood [n] wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry [adj] having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cherry: blood-red \| carmine \| cerise \| cerise \| cherry red \| cherry tree \| cherry-red \| chromatic \| crimson \| red \| reddish \| ruby \| ruby-red \| ruddy \| scarlet Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cherry: See Also \| black cherry \| capulin \| capulin \| capulin tree \| Catalina cherry \| cherry \| cherry \| cherry tree \| chokecherry \| chokecherry tree \| drupe \| edible fruit \| flowering cherry \| fruit tree \| genus Prunus \| Mexican black cherry \| Prunus \| Prunus avium \| Prunus capuli \| Prunus cerasus \| Prunus lyonii \| Prunus virginiana \| red \| redness \| sour cherry \| sour cherry \| sour cherry tree \| stone fruit \| sweet cherry \| sweet cherry \| wild cherry \| wild cherry tree \| wood Cherry In Webster's Dictionary \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. ?, perh. fr. ? horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M['e]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird cherry). 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}. {Cherry bird} (Zo["o]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar. {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C. cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. {Cherry pit}. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone. {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped. {Cherry sucker} (Zo["o]l.), the European spotted flycatcher ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper} {cherry snipe}. {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries. {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}. \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

Cherry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cherry?

[n] a red the color of ripe cherries
[n] fruit with a single hard stone
[n] any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
[n] wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
[adj] having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

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Cherry In Webster's Dictionary

\Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf.
AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry
tree, Gr. ?, perh. fr. ? horn, from the hardness of the
wood.]
1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also
   includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
   stone;
   (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which
       several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
       fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
       black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke
       (corrupted from M['e]doc in France).
   (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black
       cherry), valued for its timber; {P. Virginiana} (choke
       cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent
       fruit; {P. avium} and {P. Padus}, European trees (bird
       cherry).

2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
   and flavors.

3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
   used in cabinetmaking, etc.

4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.

{Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}.

{Cherry bird} (Zo["o]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird;
   -- so called from its fondness for cherries.

{Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar.

{Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.


{Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus
   Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous
   leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.


{Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({C.
   cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
   cherry-shaped fruit.

{Cherry pit}.
   (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
       hole. --Shak.
   (b) A cherry stone.

{Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped.

{Cherry sucker} (Zo["o]l.), the European spotted flycatcher
   ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper}
   {cherry snipe}.

{Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries.

{Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}.


\Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), a.
Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry
lip; cherry cheeks.

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