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sweet cherry

noun

  1. a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
  2. the red, purplish-black, or yellow, edible, sweet fruit of this tree.


sweet cherry

noun

  1. 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. the fruit of any of these trees See also heart cherry
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweet cherry1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

Watermelons, particularly in Florida, get an estimated $146 million benefit, and sweet cherries $145 million.

We had a large sweet cherry tree in the side yard and mother canned nearly 100 quarts every year.

Point out the lenticels on the bark of birch and sweet cherry trees and explain how trees breathe.

It is easier to define the geographic range of the wild Sweet Cherry.

The Sweet Cherry is at its best in a warm, sunny, genial, equable climate.

"Kerasos" was the Sweet Cherry in ancient Greece and from kerasos came cerasus, used by many botanists as the name of the genus.

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