sweet cherry
a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
the red, purplish-black, or yellow, edible, sweet fruit of this tree.
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How to use sweet cherry in a sentence
Watermelons, particularly in Florida, get an estimated $146 million benefit, and sweet cherries $145 million.
Wild bees add about $1.5 billion to yields for just six U.S. crops | Susan Milius | August 4, 2020 | Science NewsWe had a large sweet cherry tree in the side yard and mother canned nearly 100 quarts every year.
The Biography of a Rabbit | Roy BensonPoint out the lenticels on the bark of birch and sweet cherry trees and explain how trees breathe.
Studies of Trees | Jacob Joshua LevisonIt is easier to define the geographic range of the wild sweet cherry.
The Cherries of New York | U. P. HedrickThe sweet cherry is at its best in a warm, sunny, genial, equable climate.
The Cherries of New York | U. P. Hedrick
"Kerasos" was the sweet cherry in ancient Greece and from kerasos came cerasus, used by many botanists as the name of the genus.
The Cherries of New York | U. P. Hedrick
British Dictionary definitions for sweet cherry
either of two types of cherry tree that are cultivated for their red edible sweet fruit, the gean having tender-fleshed fruit, the bigarreau having firm-fleshed fruit
the fruit of any of these trees: See also heart cherry
- Also called: dessert cherry
- Compare sour cherry
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