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sour cherry
sour cherryn.1. A widely cultivated deciduous shrub or small tree (Prunus cerasus) of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having white flowers and tart red fruit.2. The edible fruit of this plant.sour cherry n 1. (Plants) a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasus, with white flowers: cultivated for its tart red fruits 2. (Cookery) the fruit of this tree. Compare sweet cherry See also morello, amarelle sour′ cher′ry
n. 1. a cherry tree, Prunus cerasus, characterized by gray bark and the spreading habit of its branches. 2. the red, tart fruit of this tree, used in making pies and preserves. [1880–85] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sour cherry - rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruitPrunus cerasus, sour cherry treecherry tree, cherry - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwoodamarelle, Prunus cerasus caproniana - any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juicemorello, Prunus cerasus austera - any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juicemarasca cherry, maraschino cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, marasca - Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur | | 2. | sour cherry - Australian tree with sour red fruitEugenia corynanthaEugenia, genus Eugenia - tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard woodfruit tree - tree bearing edible fruit | | 3. | sour cherry - acid cherries used for pies and preservescherry - a red fruit with a single hard stoneamarelle - pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juicemorello - cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice |
Translationssour cherry
sour cherryA tart variety of cherry. I can't stand sour cherries, so these better be sweet ones!See also: cherry, sourEncyclopediaSeecherryFinancialSeeCherrysour cherry
Related to sour cherry: sour cherry treeSynonyms for sour cherrynoun rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruitSynonyms- Prunus cerasus
- sour cherry tree
Related Words- cherry tree
- cherry
- amarelle
- Prunus cerasus caproniana
- morello
- Prunus cerasus austera
- marasca cherry
- maraschino cherry
- Prunus cerasus marasca
- marasca
noun Australian tree with sour red fruitSynonymsRelated Words- Eugenia
- genus Eugenia
- fruit tree
noun acid cherries used for pies and preservesRelated Words |