English > cherry tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood. |
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| Synonym | cherry |
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| Member of | Prunus, genus Prunus | A genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions |
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| Parts | cherry | A red fruit with a single hard stone |
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| Narrower | Catalina cherry, Prunus lyonii | (California) evergreen shrub or small tree found on Catalina Island |
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| capulin, capulin tree, Prunus capuli | Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit |
| chokecherry, chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana | A common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds |
| flowering cherry | Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms |
| sour cherry, sour cherry tree, Prunus cerasus | Rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit |
| sweet cherry, Prunus avium | large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation |
| wild cherry, wild cherry tree | An uncultivated cherry tree |
| Broader | fruit tree | Tree bearing edible fruit |
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| Substances | cherry | wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry |
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| Spanish | cerasus, cereza, cerezo |
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| Catalan | cerezo, cirera, cirerer |
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