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cherry tree
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Cherry tree
(gcide) | Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr.
F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L.
cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras 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; Prunus Virginiana
(choke cherry), an American shrub which bears
astringent fruit; Prunus avium and Prunus Padus,
European trees (bird cherry).
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2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
and flavors.
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3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
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Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes.
Cherry bird (Zool.), 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 ({Capsicum
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 (Zool.), 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.
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cherry tree
(wn) | cherry tree
n 1: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree] |
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cherry tree
(encz) | cherry tree, n: |
chokecherry tree
(encz) | chokecherry tree, n: |
sour cherry tree
(encz) | sour cherry tree, n: |
wild cherry tree
(encz) | wild cherry tree, n: |
bird cherry tree
(wn) | bird cherry tree
n 1: any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed
on by birds [syn: bird cherry, bird cherry tree] |
black cherry tree
(wn) | black cherry tree
n 1: large North American wild cherry with round black sour
edible fruit [syn: black cherry, black cherry tree,
rum cherry, Prunus serotina] |
cherry tree
(wn) | cherry tree
n 1: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree] |
chokecherry tree
(wn) | chokecherry tree
n 1: a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small
bitter black berries favored by birds [syn: chokecherry,
chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana] |
sour cherry tree
(wn) | sour cherry tree
n 1: rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid
edible fruit [syn: sour cherry, sour cherry tree,
Prunus cerasus] |
wild cherry tree
(wn) | wild cherry tree
n 1: an uncultivated cherry tree [syn: wild cherry, {wild
cherry tree}] |
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