sour cherry

sour cherry

n.

1. A widely cultivated deciduous shrub or small tree (Prunus cerasus) of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having white flowers and tart red fruit.

2. The edible fruit of this plant.

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sour cherry

n

1. (Plants) a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasus, with white flowers: cultivated for its tart red fruits

2. (Cookery) the fruit of this tree. Compare sweet cherry See also morello, amarelle

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sour′ cher′ry

n.

1. a cherry tree, Prunus cerasus, characterized by gray bark and the spreading habit of its branches.

2. the red, tart fruit of this tree, used in making pies and preserves.

[1880–85]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sour cherry - rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit Prunus cerasus, sour cherry tree 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 amarelle, Prunus cerasus caproniana - any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice morello, Prunus cerasus austera - any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice marasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, marasca - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
	2.	sour cherry - Australian tree with sour red fruit Eugenia corynantha Eugenia, genus Eugenia - tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood fruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit
	3.	sour cherry - acid cherries used for pies and preserves cherry - a red fruit with a single hard stone amarelle - pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice morello - cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice

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Translations

Sauerkirsche

amarena

sour cherry

n → visciola

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