cherry

cherries of varying degrees of ripeness

Meanings

Noun

Adjective

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Narrower meaning words

  • bitter cherry (Prunus emarginata (species))
  • clove cherry (Prunus apetala (species))
  • cyclamen cherry (Prunus cyclamina (species))
  • duke cherry (Prunus gondouinii (species))
  • dwarf cherry (Prunus cerasus, Prunus fruticosa (species), Prunus pumila (species); Exocarpus strictus (species)
  • evergreen cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)
  • fire cherry (Prunus pensylvanica (species))
  • greyleaf cherry (Prunus canescens (species))
  • heart cherry (Prunus avium subsp. juliana (subspecies))
  • hollyleaf cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)
  • humble bush cherry (Prunus humilis (species))
  • laurel cherry (Prunus sect. Laurocerasus)
  • marasca cherry (Prunus fruticosa (species))
  • sweet cherry (Prunus avium)
  • wild cherry (Prunus avium, P. serotina

Broader meaning words

Origin

  • From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse, both ultimately from Vulgar Latin ceresia, derived from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον, from κερασός, and ultimately possibly of origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word). cerise.

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