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cherry

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1. cherry - Noun

2. cherry - Adjective

3. cherry - Adjective Satellite

4. Cherry - Proper noun

Meaning

A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;

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).

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).

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

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

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

Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees. Pablo Neruda

Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone. Christian Dior

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough. A. E. Housman

A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year. Cameroon Proverb

Cherry blossoms in the recesses of a mountain. Japanese Proverb

The olive grove of your grandfather, the cherry trees of your father, and your grape vines. Sicilian Proverb

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