cherry pie
noun
any of several plants having flowers with an odor suggestive of cherries, as the heliotrope.
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cherry-pienouna widely planted garden heliotrope, Heliotropium peruvianum
cherry pie
Americannoun
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cherry pies
plural
cherry-pie
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of cherry pie
First recorded in 1825–35
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This love began when I was young, when I would watch my aunt eat endless amounts of cherry pie and cherry vanilla ice cream.
From Salon ● May 6, 2025
I want to host regular dinners featuring sour cherry pie, like the one I made for fellow health reporters after we had been working remotely — pretty much around-the-clock — for more than a year.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2023
Think of a slice of cherry pie sprinkled with allspice, and layers beyond.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
I wanted to perfect my pumpkin and my cherry pie.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022
It wasn’t gelled up like the cafeteria cherry pie.
From "Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key" by Jack Gantos
It needed to work in a cherry-pie all-American diner and in the anteroom of the underworld.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
The last is two blocks from Dairy Lodge — established 1958 — with soft-serve sundaes, slushes and, of course, a cherry-pie flurry.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2018
Does he share the cherry-pie fixation of his TV hero, Special Agent Cooper?
From Time Magazine Archive
As matters stood, there was no room for Jolene’s cherry-pie lesson.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
"Ask Mr Linden whether Pattaquasset ain't a good place for handsome gals," said Mr. Simlins, as he handed over the piece of cherry-pie.
From Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner
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