cherrynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtʃer.i/us/ˈtʃer.i/B2 a small, round, soft red or black fruit with a single hard seed in the middle, or the tree on which the fruit grows
Examples
- The cherry tree is beginning to blossom.
- Could you stone the cherries for me?
- I had a cherry flavoured drink.
- She placed a bowl of cherries on the table.
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Fruit Trees
- banyan
- cacao
- carob
- citrus
- crab apple
- elderberry
- fig
- guava
- litchi
- lychee
- mulberry
- olive
- papaya
- pawpaw
- plantain
- tamarind
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Types of fruit
cherryadjective
uk/ˈtʃer.i/us/ˈtʃer.i/also cherry-redbright red:
cherry-red lips
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Less common colours
- aquamarine
- azure
- beige
- blood red
- burgundy
- burnish
- cerulean
- chestnut
- earth colour
- ginger
- khaki
- magenta
- maroon
- ochre
- peach
- raw sienna
- ruddy
- russet
- sage green
- violet
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