blackheart

American  

[blak-hahrt] / ˈblækˌhɑrt /

noun

1. Plant Pathology. a nonparasitic disease of plants, as of potatoes and various trees, in which internal plant tissues blacken, usually as a result of extremes in temperature.

2. Horticulture.

   1. a heart cherry having a dark skin.

   2. the tree bearing this fruit.

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blackheart British  

/ ˈblækˌhɑːt /

noun

1. an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold

2. any of various diseases of plants, such as the potato, in which the central tissues are blackened

3. a variety of cherry that has large sweet fruit with purplish flesh and an almost black skin

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Etymology

Origin of blackheart

First recorded in 1700–10; black + heart

Example Sentences

He’d said, “That blackheart Cap’n Buck, someone who does ’em things for reasons other than duty, ain’t got no soul.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

Said Tom, ‘I do not know; But I can take you to a tree where blackheart cherries grow.’

From Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann by Bromhall, Winifred

Seckel, blackheart, palpitant   Rained their bleaching strays; and white Snowed the damson, bent aslant;   Rambow-tree and romanite Seemed beneath deep drifts to pant.

From Poems by Cawein, Madison Julius

"But you don't mean it, do you?" she said, lifting to him her face that was round and glossy like a blackheart cherry.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

“Well,” chuckled the old man over the ancient joke, “he’s the colour of a blackheart cherry.”

From Carolyn of the Corners by Endicott, Ruth Belmore