cherry pie

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noun
  1. any of several plants having flowers with an odor suggestive of cherries, as the heliotrope.

Origin of cherry pie

1
First recorded in 1825–35

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How to use cherry pie in a sentence

  • In October 2010, the archbishop was hit with a cherry pie during a service at a Brussels cathedral.

  • The pleasure from doughnuts, cherry pie, and “damn fine” coffee sat hauntingly beside the continual threat of violence.

    Twin Peaks' Strange Reunion | Jace Lacob | November 30, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • I want Mis' Calvert to taste it, an' when she does she'll say she never knew before what cherry pie could be!

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • Mis' Spencer, you set that cherry pie o' yourn on this particular spot an' figure of this table-cloth!

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • If only I had a piece of cherry pie now, or an ice cream cone, or a bit of bread and butter and jam I would be all right.

    Uncle Wiggily's Travels | Howard R. Garis
  • "Indeed it will," agreed Uncle Wiggily, and he wished he was hungry then and there, because he just loved cherry pie.

    Uncle Wiggily's Travels | Howard R. Garis
  • "cherry pie," murmured Mr. Thorne, who was apparently eating his breakfast in a sort of waking dream.

    Living on a Little | Caroline French Benton

British Dictionary definitions for cherry-pie

cherry-pie

noun
  1. a widely planted garden heliotrope, Heliotropium peruvianum

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