Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

wild cherry

British  

noun

  1. another name for gean

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

But the flavors were uneven: The wild cherry wasn’t too aggressive, while the grapefruit and lime was practically a punch to the face.

From Washington Post Sep. 18, 2020

There’s a scent of bay leaf and cedar to go with the red plum and wild cherry flavors, a classically grippy mouthfeel, with a forresty, savory wallop of mountain tannin on the finish.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2017

The woods were thick with tulip poplars, rhododendrons and wild cherry.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2015

He climbed wild cherry trees during the days of Stalin’s collectivization.

From Slate Mar. 4, 2014

Here, Hazel and Fiver were sitting with Dandelion under a flowering wild cherry.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training