† lukewardObs. The name of a variety of cherry. 16..MS.Ashm. 1461 lf. 19 The Luke ward Chery ripe June the 10.1664Evelyn Kal. Hort., June (1679) 18 Cherries..Luke-ward, early Flanders [etc.].1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 297 The..Lukeward, one of the best of Cherries.