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amarelle

[am-uh-rel]
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noun
  1. any variety of the sour cherry, Prunus cerasus, having colorless juice.
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Origin of amarelle

< German < Medieval Latin amārellum, equivalent to Latin amār(us) bitter + -ellum -elle
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Historical Examples

  • Despite the derivation of the name Amarelle, they have less bitterness than the other group of varieties of the Sour Cherry.

    The Cherries of New York

    U. P. Hedrick

  • Both belong to Prunus cerasus and as we gather rather better elsewhere than here, both are of the Amarelle type of tree.

British Dictionary definitions for amarelle

amarelle

noun
  1. a variety of sour cherry that has pale red fruit and colourless juiceCompare morello
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Word Origin

C20: from German, from Medieval Latin amārellum, from Latin amārus bitter; compare morello
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