Definition of Cherry

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Cherry

A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;

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).

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).

The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.

The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.

A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.

Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

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Cherry Quotations

A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.
Jennifer Aniston

We'll take the cake with the red cherry on top.
Navjot Singh Sidhu

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.
Pablo Neruda

The man for me is the cherry on the pie. But I'm the pie and my pie is good all by itself. Even if I don't have a cherry.
Halle Berry

I love Ornette Coleman. I love Don Cherry. I love the way those guys play.
Lou Reed

Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes.
Maureen O'Hara

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
H. Rap Brown

And of course Marc Cherry heightens it and makes it hilarious. But there's so many universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did.
James Denton

Most people didn't have the bandwidth to download whole albums. And so it brought back this cherry picking idea that the audience would focus on certain songs and possibly be the impetus behind what eventually got on AM radio: the single or whatever.
Todd Rundgren

If you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones. People love coming to see them. They are it, they are the most definitive rock n roll band ever.
Andy Taylor

Cherry Translations

cherry in Dutch is kers
cherry in Finnish is kirsikka
cherry in French is cerise
cherry in German is Kirsche
cherry in Italian is ciliegia
cherry in Portuguese is cereja
cherry in Spanish is cereza

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