cherry (tree)

  • 111cherry laurel — noun an evergreen shrub or small tree with leathery leaves, white flowers, and cherry like fruits, native to the Balkans. [Prunus laurocerasus.] …

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  • 112cherry birch — noun common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture • Syn: ↑sweet birch, ↑black birch, ↑Betula lenta • Hypernyms: ↑birch, ↑birch tree • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 113cherry plum — 1. a small tree, Prunus cerasifera, bearing edible yellow or reddish fruit. 2. the fruit of this tree. Also called myrobalan. * * * …

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  • 114cherry — [ˈtʃeri] noun [C] 1) a small round red or black fruit 2) a tree that produces cherries, or the wood from this tree …

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  • 115cherry plum — cher′ry plum′ n. 1) pln a small plum tree, Prunus cerasifera, bearing edible yellow or reddish fruit 2) pln Also called myrobalan …

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  • 116cherry guava — /ˈtʃɛri gwavə/ (say cheree gwahvuh) noun an evergreen tree, Psidium cattleianum, with glossy green leaves, white flowers and small purplish red fruit. Also, strawberry guava …

  • 117cherry-plum — /ˈtʃɛri plʌm/ (say cheree plum) noun 1. the red or yellow edible fruit of Prunus cerasifera. 2. the tree itself …

  • 118wild cherry — noun 1. the fruit of the wild cherry tree • Hypernyms: ↑fruit • Part Holonyms: ↑wild cherry tree 2. an uncultivated cherry tree • Syn: ↑wild cherry tree • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 119National Cherry Blossom Festival — The Jefferson Memorial during the 2010 National Cherry Blossom Festival The National Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration in Washington, D.C., commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of… …

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  • 120fruit tree — noun tree bearing edible fruit (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Hyponyms: ↑custard apple, ↑custard apple tree, ↑avocado, ↑avocado tree …

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