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sweet cherry

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sweet cherry
n.
1. A large, widely cultivated deciduous tree (Prunus avium) of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having red-brown birchlike bark, white flowers, and sweet edible fruit.
2. The fruit of this tree.

sweet cherry
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) either of two types of cherry tree that are cultivated for their red edible sweet fruit, the gean having tender-fleshed fruit, the bigarreau having firm-fleshed fruit
2. (Cookery) the fruit of any of these trees See also heart cherry Also called dessert cherry Compare sour cherry
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sweet cherrysweet cherry - large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation
black cherry, sweet cherry - any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
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
heart cherry, oxheart, oxheart cherry - any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
gean, mazzard, mazzard cherry - wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting
2.sweet cherry - any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
cherry - a red fruit with a single hard stone
bing cherry - dark red or blackish sweet cherry
heart cherry, oxheart, oxheart cherry - large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh
Prunus avium, sweet cherry - large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation


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