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.
Nearby words
sweet and sour, sweet basil, sweet bay, sweet birch, sweet cassava, sweet cherry, sweet chestnut, sweet cicely, sweet cider, sweet clover, sweet corn
Origin of sweet cherry
First recorded in 1900–05
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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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