| 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
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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
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| Noun | 1. |  sweet cherry - large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivationblack 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 |
| 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 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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