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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