Cherry

['tʃerɪ] or ['tʃɛri]

Definition

(noun.) a red fruit with a single hard stone.

(noun.) any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood.

(noun.) wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry.

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Definition

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

(n.) 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).

(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).

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

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

(n.) A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.

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

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Definition

n. a small bright-red stone-fruit: the tree that bears it.—adj. like a cherry in colour: ruddy.—ns. Cherr′y-brand′y a pleasant liqueur made by steeping Morello cherries in brandy; Cherr′y-lau′rel the common English name for the Cerasus Lauro-Cerasus of Asia Minor; Cherr′y-pepp′er a West Indian species of Capsicum; Cherr′y-pie a pie made of cherries; the common heliotrope; Cherr′y-pit a game which consists in throwing cherry-stones into a small hole; Cherr′y-stone the hard seed of the cherry.

v.t. (Spens.) to cheer.

Typist: Manfred

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of cherries, denotes you will gain popularity by your amiability and unselfishness. To eat them, portends possession of some much desired object. To see green ones, indicates approaching good fortune.

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