Definition of Chery
Cher"ry (ch&ebreve;r"r&ybreve;), 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 Médoc in
France). (b) 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).
2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe
of various colors and flavors.
3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of
the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of
a cherry.
Barbadoes cherry. See under
Barbadoes. -- Cherry bird
(Zoöl.), 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
(C. 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
Cher"ry (ch&ebreve;r"r&ybreve;), a.
Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a
cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
- a tree or shrub that bears cherries.
- the wood of a cherry tree.
- (colour) a bright red colour
cherry colour:
- containing or having the taste of cherries.
- (colour) of a bright red colour.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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