Thesaurus: cherry

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1. n. A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
2. n. The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France).
3. n. The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).
4. n. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
5. n. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
6. n. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
7. a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
8. adj. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
9. n. wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
10. n. any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
11. n. a red fruit with a single hard stone
12. n. a red the color of ripe cherries