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cherry

  • noun
  • /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/

A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.

Other meanings

  1. Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.

  2. The wood of a cherry tree.

A kind of

  • wood

Word history

From Old English "ċiris".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cherry” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.