Definition of cherry

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Cherry (n.) 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)..

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Stem :: Stem (n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry..
Amontillado :: Amontillado (n.) A dry kind of cherry, of a light color..
Oxheart :: Oxheart (n.) A large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white..
Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors..
Egriot :: Egriot (n.) A kind of sour cherry.
Cornel :: Cornel (n.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries..
Gum :: Gum (n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins..
Stone :: Stone (n.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a cherry or peach. See Illust. of Endocarp..
Cerasinous :: Cerasinous (a.) Of a cherry color.
Blackheart :: Blackheart (n.) A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin.
Lote :: Lote (n.) A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tree..
Bird Cherry :: Bird cherry () A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.
Drupe :: Drupe (n.) A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous in the cocoanut..
Cherry :: Cherry (n.) The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc..
Cherry :: Cherry (n.) A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry..
Phlorizin :: Phlorizin (n.) A bitter white crystalline glucoside extracted from the root bark of the apple, pear, cherry, plum, etc..
Perigynous :: Perigynous (a.) Having the ovary free, but the petals and stamens borne on the calyx; -- said of flower such as that of the cherry or peach..
Dogberry :: Dogberry (n.) The berry of the dogwood; -- called also dogcherry.
Capulin :: Capulin (n.) The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin).
Raceme :: Raceme (n.) A flower cluster with an elongated axis and many one-flowered lateral pedicels, as in the currant and chokecherry..
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