white heart

[ wahyt hahrt, hwahyt ]

noun

1. Dutchman's breeches ( def ).
2. squirrel corn ( def ).
3. white-heart or white·heart.
   1. a variety of heart cherry having white flesh and yellowish-pink skin.
   2. the tree that bears this cherry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white heart¹

First recorded in 1625–30

Example Sentences

Like the portent of Jeanne of Orleans, a vision had fallen upon her young, white heart and set it aflame.

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Then he coolly slashed open another plump cabbage, and nibbled at the firm white heart.

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I am white—have a white heart and can't, in reason, love a red-skinned maiden, who must have a red-skin heart and feelin's.

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The pure white heart, with the soft pink of the peeling and the green stem makes a beautiful contrast.

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Mrs. Hancock's face changed, but brightened again as she caught the full flavour of the first white-heart.

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