1. Noun
A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
2. Noun
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 Medoc in France).
3. Noun
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).
4. Noun
The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
5. Noun
The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
6. Noun
A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
7. Adjective
Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
8. Noun
a red fruit with a single hard stone
Vocabulary classified under Biology
9. Noun
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
10. Noun
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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