cherry pie

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noun

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

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Origin of cherry pie

First recorded in 1825–35

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How to use cherry pie in a sentence

No more allowing people to justify their bigotry by spouting a cherry-picked Bible verse.
Dear Leelah, We Will Fight On For You: A Letter to a Dead Trans Teen|Parker Molloy|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Brazen cherry-picking of the information in this story inspired a flood of “Bush Was Right All Along!”
Political Memes That Absolutely Must Die in 2015|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The process of co-opting black music and selling it back to the adoring public in whiteface is as American as apple pie.
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea|Amy Zimmerman|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not enough black films are being made to warrant a piece of the pie.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History|Marlow Stern|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It was a massive hit, and the safety-pin dress a brilliant cartoonish cherry on top of it.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress|Tim Teeman|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Having achieved this feat he sighed again, and applied himself assiduously to the pie.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Cherry-tree stems, under the name of agriots, constitute a specialty of Austrian manufacture.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Others again will be found of a fine red, having something of a most lovely light cherry tint.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
There was then a great deal of old timber about the place and a long avenue of oaks, besides three large cherry orchards.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
It was all cherry satin and white lace, the furniture lilliputian, to match the proportions of the room and the lady.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for cherry pie

cherry-pie

noun

a widely planted garden heliotrope, Heliotropium peruvianum

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