Cherry

Cher·ry  (chr), Donald Eugene Known as "Don." 1936-1995.

American jazz cornetist whose playing and compositions were influenced by musical traditions from around the world.

---

cher·ry  (chr)

n. pl. cher·ries

1.

a. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Prunus, especially P. avium or P. cerasus, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having pink or white flowers and small juicy drupes.

b. The yellow, red, or blackish fruit of any of these plants.

c. The wood of any of these plants, especially black cherry.

d. Any of various plants, such as the Barbados cherry or the cornelian cherry, having fruits resembling a cherry.

2. A moderate or strong red to purplish red.

3. Vulgar Slang The hymen considered as a symbol of virginity.

adj.

1. Containing or having the flavor of cherries.

2. Made of the wood of a cherry tree: a cherry cabinet.

3. Of a moderate or strong red to purplish red.

---

[Middle English cheri, from Anglo-Norman cherise, variant of Old French cerise, from Vulgar Latin *ceresia, from *cerasia, from Greek kerasi, cherry tree, from kerasos.]

---

cherry

Noun

pl -ries

1. a small round soft fruit with red or blackish skin and a hard stone

2. the tree on which this fruit grows

Adjective

deep red: cherry lips [Greek kerasios]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cherry - wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry cherry tree, cherry - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	cherry - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood cherry tree cherry - a red fruit with a single hard stone genus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions cherry - wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry wild cherry tree, wild cherry - an uncultivated cherry tree Prunus avium, sweet cherry - large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation capulin, capulin tree, Prunus capuli - Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit Prunus cerasus, sour cherry, sour cherry tree - rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit Catalina cherry, Prunus lyonii - evergreen shrub or small tree found on Catalina Island (California) flowering cherry - any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana, chokecherry - a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	3.	cherry - a red fruit with a single hard stone edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh black cherry, sweet cherry - any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh Mexican black cherry, capulin - Mexican black cherry sour cherry - acid cherries used for pies and preserves cherry tree, cherry - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood drupe, stone fruit - fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube
	4.	cherry - a red the color of ripe cherries cerise, cherry red red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Adj.	1.	cherry - of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet, ruddy chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

cherry [ˈtʃɛrɪ] n → cereza

---

cherry [ˈtʃɛrɪ] n → cerise f;

(also: cherry tree) → cerisier m

---

cherry [ˈtʃɛrɪ] n → Kirsche f;

(also: cherry tree) → Kirschbaum m

---

cherry [ˈtʃɛrɪ] n → ciliegia