white heart
Americannoun
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null white-heart or whiteheart
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a variety of heart cherry having white flesh and yellowish-pink skin.
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the tree that bears this cherry.
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Etymology
Origin of white heart
First recorded in 1625–30
Example Sentences
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She said the grave had recently been decorated with a white heart and a blue bear floral arrangement, but three days later she found they had disappeared.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024
Bongiovi, 20, posted a few snaps too, captioning their beachside pictorial “Forever” with the same white heart emoji that Brown used.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
She captioned the image of the former couple, "Happy birthday, Bruce! Thankful for our blended family," adding a white heart emoji.
From Fox News • Mar. 20, 2022
The statement was also published on the Twitter account of Amanda Miguel, who simply wrote ”#restinpeace” along with the emojis of a pair of her hands palm to palm and a white heart.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2022
The sheaths of the leaves are very close, and form the green top of the trunk a foot and a half in length; this is cut off, and its white heart eaten.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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