sand cherry

American  

noun

1. any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.

2. the fruit of any of these shrubs.

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Etymology

Origin of sand cherry

First recorded in 1945–50

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sand cherry

In the mountains, the moths feed on plants that produce nectar and stay open at night, including blackcurrant and burning bushes, sand cherry, Russian olive, spiraea and rhubarb.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2020

In these sand cherry hybrids, I think Mr. Hansen has done all that man could do.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

The sand cherry that was received the same year, No. 2, has done very well and bore some fruit this last year of a fair quality.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

For the most part the western sand cherry is propagated from seed.

From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.

In my front yard grew the strawberry, blackberry, and life-everlasting, johnswort and goldenrod, shrub oaks and sand cherry, blueberry and groundnut.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David