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sweet cherryn.1. A large, widely cultivated deciduous tree (Prunus avium) of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having red-brown bark, white flowers, and sweet edible fruit.2. The fruit of this tree.sweet cherry n 1. (Plants) either of two types of cherry tree that are cultivated for their red edible sweet fruit, the gean having tender-fleshed fruit, the bigarreau having firm-fleshed fruit 2. (Cookery) the fruit of any of these trees. See also heart cherry Also called: dessert cherry sweet′ cher′ry n. 1. an Old World cherry tree, Prunus avium, the ancestor of many cultured varieties. 2. the fruit of this tree. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | sweet cherry - large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivationPrunus aviumblack cherry, sweet cherry - any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet fleshcherry tree, cherry - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwoodheart cherry, oxheart, oxheart cherry - any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruitsgean, mazzard, mazzard cherry - wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting | | 2. | sweet cherry - any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet fleshblack cherrycherry - a red fruit with a single hard stonebing cherry - dark red or blackish sweet cherryheart cherry, oxheart, oxheart cherry - large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft fleshPrunus avium, sweet cherry - large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation | Translationssweet cherry
sweet cherryA sweet variety of cherry (as opposed to the sour cherry). I hope these are sweet cherries—those other ones were too tart!See also: cherry, sweetSweet Cherry
Sweet Cherry (Cerasus avium), a deciduous tree of the family Rosaceae. The crown is ovate with sparse branches. The trunk measures 50–60 cm across and reaches a height of 35 m. The long petioled leaves are ovate, obovate, or elliptical; their margins are deeply double-serrate. The large flowers are initially white but turn pink toward the end of blossoming. The stipules are reddish. The fruit is a dark red drupe. The sweet cherry is distributed in Central and Southern Europe and in Iran. In the USSR it is found in the Caucasus, the Crimea, the southwestern Ukraine, and Moldavia. The sweet cherry occurs as a solitary tree principally in mixed broad-leaved and coniferous-broad-leaved forests. The cultivated form of sweet cherry is raised for its drupaceous fruit. The trees are long-lived (100 or more years). They are shade-tolerant but not very winter-hardy. Fruiting begins in the seventh or eighth year. The juicy fruits, which are pink, red, yellow, or almost black, mature from late May to early September. They contain 7–15 percent sugars (glucose, fructose, and sucrose) and 0.36–1.1 percent acids (malic and others); vitamin C is present. The fruits are eaten fresh or processed into compote, jam, candied peel, juice or wine. Freezing is also possible. The kernel of the stone contains as much as 30 percent oil, which is used in perfumery. The sweet cherry is a nectar-bearer. Its wood is used in carpentry and in the manufacture of musical instruments. The tree is raised in Europe, as well as in Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, China, and Japan. In the USSR it is most widely cultivated in the Crimea, the Caucasus, the southern Ukraine, and Middle Asia; it is also grown in Latvia and Kaliningrad Oblast. The best varieties are Deiber Black, Drogan Yellow, Gedelfinger, Franz Josef (Francis), Napoleon Pink, and Early Kassena. The sweet cherry is propagated mainly by grafts on stocks of wild sweet cherry in the southern zone and Mahaleb cherry in more northerly regions. The feeding area of sweet cherry is 8 × 6 m. The best crown shape for cultivated trees is circled. Care entails loosening the soil, the application of organic and mineral fertilizers, watering, and pruning. The interrow areas are usually kept fallow. REFERENCESKolesnikov, M. A. Chereshnia. Moscow, 1959. Plodovodstvo, 2nd ed. Edited by V. A. Kolesnikov. Moscow, 1966.MedicalSeecherryFinancialSeeCherrysweet cherry
Synonyms for sweet cherrynoun large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivationSynonymsRelated Words- black cherry
- sweet cherry
- cherry tree
- cherry
- heart cherry
- oxheart
- oxheart cherry
- gean
- mazzard
- mazzard cherry
noun any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet fleshSynonymsRelated Words- cherry
- bing cherry
- heart cherry
- oxheart
- oxheart cherry
- Prunus avium
- sweet cherry
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