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
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cherry pies
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cherry-pie
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Etymology
Origin of cherry pie
First recorded in 1825–35
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“The most important thing when making cherry pie filling,” Baldwin said, “is to use sour cherries.”
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
This time, I’ll subtly nudge them toward this new cherry pie recipe from Melissa Clark, a fairly classic take on the ne plus ultra of summer pies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023
Think of a slice of cherry pie sprinkled with allspice, and layers beyond.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
I remember having fun shelling peas, picking raspberries among the thorns at a nearby farm and enjoying my mom’s mouthwatering cherry pie from the fruit picked from our backyard cherry tree.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2022
Fifteen minutes later her husband, Horsethief Shorty, and Jerry Grindstaff entered the Pilar Cafe, where Bernabe Montoya, over cherry pie and coffee, was talking fishing with Fred Quintana.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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
Soldiers and martial music—bugles, drums, fifes, playing their loudest—picnics, and fire-crackers galore signalized the day, which was further endeared to children by cherry-pie at dinner, and ice-cream following fireworks in the evening.
From Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 by Various
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