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Meaning of 'cherry' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cherry [ a.]
- Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
2 . Cherry [ n.]
- A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
- The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France).
- The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).
- The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
- The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
- A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.

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