cherry-like
- a word derived from cherry.
Example Sentences
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Consider the coffee plant fruit — the red or purple cherry-like fruit that contains the coffee bean.
From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021
When Lyon caught up to the little fella late last October, he was up in an ornamental tree eating “little cherry-like things” that budded on the branches.
From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2020
Here he is today, the crown prince of Broadway, decked with Oliviers, Emmys, Tonys, a Grammy and a cherry-like Pulitzer on top, thanks to his blockbuster hip-hop musical, Hamilton.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2018
Also from France, this wheat-based vodka has a cherry-like aroma and is incredibly smooth, with a slight anise aftertaste.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coffee is made from the seeds of a cherry-like berry growing upon a shrub, or low tree, on tropical hillsides.
From A Handbook of Health by Hutchinson, Woods
