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Cherry

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Noun

1. cherry

wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

2. cherry, cherry tree

any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

3. cherry

a red fruit with a single hard stone

4. cerise, cherry, cherry red

a red the color of ripe cherries

Adjective

5. blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cherry

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noun plural -ries
1. 
any of several trees of the rosaceous genus Prunus, such as P. avium (sweet cherry), having a small fleshy rounded fruit containing a hard stone
See also bird cherry
2. 
the fruit or wood of any of these trees
3. 
any of various unrelated plants, such as the ground cherry and Jerusalem cherry
4. 
a. 
a bright red colour; cerise
b. 
(as adjective)
a cherry coat
5. slang
virginity or the hymen as its symbol
6. (modifier)
of or relating to the cherry fruit or wood
cherry tart

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Cherry

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nounWord forms: plural ˈcherries
1. 
a small, fleshy fruit containing a smooth, hard pit and ranging from yellow to very dark red, including sweet, sour, and duke cherries
2. 
any of various prunus trees that bear this fruit
3. 
the wood of such a tree
4. 
the bright-red color of certain cherries
5.  Slang
a.  US
the hymen
b. 
virginity
adjective
6. 
bright-red
7. 
made of cherry wood
8. 
made with cherries
9. 
having a flavor like that of cherries
10.  Slang
new or like new
a used car in cherry condition

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cherry

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American jazz cornetist whose playing and compositions were influenced by musical traditions from around the world.
n. pl. cher·ries
1.
a. Any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Prunus of the rose family, especially the sweet cherry or the sour cherry, native chiefly to northern temperate regions and having pink or white flowers and small juicy drupes.
b. The yellow, red, or blackish fruit of any of these plants.
c. The wood of any of these plants, especially the black cherry.
d. Any of various plants, such as the Barbados cherry or the cornelian cherry, having fruits resembling a cherry.
2. A moderate or strong red to purplish red.
3. Vulgar Slang The hymen considered as a symbol of virginity.
adj.
1. Containing or having the flavor of cherries.
2. Made of the wood of a cherry tree: a cherry cabinet.
3. Of a moderate or strong red to purplish red.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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