sweet cherry

noun

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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Origin of sweet cherry

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby sweet cherry

sweet basil, sweet bay, sweet birch, sweetbread, sweetbrier, sweet cherry, sweet chestnut, sweet cicely, sweet cider, sweet clover, sweet corn
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British Dictionary definitions for sweet cherry

sweet cherry

noun

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 treesSee also heart cherry
Also called: dessert cherry
Compare sour cherry
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