cherry : Idioms & Phrases

• . See under Barbadoes.

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• noun tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
  acerola; Malpighia glabra; barbados cherry; Surinam cherry.
  
• noun acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
  acerola; barbados cherry; surinam cherry.
  

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• (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry.

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• noun dark red or blackish sweet cherry
  

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• noun any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds
  bird cherry.
  

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Bird" cher`ry

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1. (Bot.) A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.

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• noun any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds
  bird cherry.
  

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• noun large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit
  black cherry tree; Prunus serotina; black cherry.
  
• noun any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
  black cherry.
  

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• . See under Cherry.

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• noun large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit
  black cherry tree; Prunus serotina; black cherry.
  

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• noun heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry
  blackheart.
  

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• noun Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
  bladder cherry; Physalis alkekengi; Chinese lantern plant.
  

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Bob"-cher`ry noun

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1. A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.

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• noun evergreen shrub or small tree found on Catalina Island (California)
  Prunus lyonii.
  

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• noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
  Siberian crab apple; Malus baccata; cherry apple; Siberian crab.
  

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• noun common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
  sweet birch; black birch; Betula lenta.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an American bird; the cedar bird; so called from its fondness for cherries.

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• noun a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power
  

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• cherry brandy and sugar.

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• brandy in which cherries have been steeped.

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• noun Asian wild crab apple cultivated in many varieties for it small acid usually red fruit used for preserving
  Siberian crab apple; Malus baccata; cherry apple; Siberian crab.
  

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• noun frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
  cherry laurel; Prunus laurocerasus.
  
• noun small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
  cherry laurel; mock orange; wild orange; Prunus caroliniana.
  

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• (Bot.), an evergren shrub (Prunus Lauro-cerasus) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.

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• noun plant bearing small rounded usually pungent fruits
  Capsicum annuum cerasiforme.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of Capsicum (C. cerasiforme), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit.

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• . (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. Shak. (b) A cherry stone.

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• noun small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit
  myrobalan plum; Prunus cerasifera; myrobalan.
  

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• noun a red the color of ripe cherries
  cherry; cerise.
  

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• rum in which cherries have been steeped.

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• noun the stone seed of a cherry
  

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• (Zoöl.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); called also cherry chopper cherry snipe .

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• noun plant bearing small red to yellow fruit
  Lycopersicon esculentum cerasiforme.
  
• noun small red to yellow tomatoes
  

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• noun any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
  cherry.
  

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• a tree that bears cherries.

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• adjective satellite of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
  reddish; scarlet; cherry; crimson; blood-red; cerise; carmine; ruby-red; ruby; red; ruddy.
  

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• adjective satellite having the approximate size of a cherry
  

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• noun exudation from trees of the Prunus genus; resembles gum arabic
  

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• noun small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
  Prunus padus; hagberry tree; common bird cherry.
  

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• noun deciduous European shrub or small tree having bright red fruit
  Cornus mas.
  

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• noun decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk
  Physalis pubescens; strawberry tomato.
  

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• noun small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
  Prunus padus; hagberry tree; common bird cherry.
  

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• noun California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
  islay; Prunus ilicifolia; evergreen cherry; holly-leaf cherry.
  

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• noun any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms
  

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• noun shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms
  fuji; Prunus incisa.
  

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• noun any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers
  husk tomato.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry tomato (P. Alkekengi). See Alkekengl. (b) A European shrub (Prunus Chamæcerasus), with small, very acid fruit.

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• See Alkekengi.

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• noun any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
  heart cherry; oxheart.
  
• noun large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh
  heart cherry; oxheart.
  

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• noun California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
  islay; Prunus ilicifolia; evergreen cherry; holly-leaf cherry.
  

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• noun California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
  islay; Prunus ilicifolia; evergreen cherry; holly-leaf cherry.
  

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• (Bot.), a South African plant of the genus Cassine (C. maurocenia), having handsome foliage, with generally inconspicuous white or green flowers. Loudon.

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• noun deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn
  Carolina buckthorn; Rhamnus carolinianus.
  

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• noun a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves
  calabura; Muntingia calabura; silkwood; silk wood; calabur tree.
  

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• noun ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms
  Japanese cherry; Japanese flowering cherry; Prunus serrulata.
  

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• noun ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms
  Prunus sieboldii.
  
• noun ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms
  Japanese cherry; Japanese flowering cherry; Prunus serrulata.
  

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• noun small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
  Solanum pseudocapsicum; Madeira winter cherry; Jerusalem cherry.
  

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• (Bot.), the popular name of either of either of two species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum and S. capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries.

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• noun frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
  cherry laurel; Prunus laurocerasus.
  
• noun small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States
  cherry laurel; mock orange; wild orange; Prunus caroliniana.
  

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• noun small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
  Solanum pseudocapsicum; Madeira winter cherry; Jerusalem cherry.
  

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• noun Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
  Prunus cerasus marasca; marasca cherry; marasca.
  

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• noun Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
  Prunus cerasus marasca; marasca cherry; marasca.
  
• noun cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
  maraschino.
  

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• noun wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting
  gean; mazzard.
  

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• noun Mexican black cherry
  capulin.
  

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• noun woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms
  Prunus japonica; flowering almond.
  

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• noun ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms
  Japanese cherry; Japanese flowering cherry; Prunus serrulata.
  

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• noun any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits
  heart cherry; oxheart.
  
• noun large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh
  heart cherry; oxheart.
  

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• noun small shrubby North American wild cherry with small bright red acid fruit
  Prunus pensylvanica.
  

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• noun Mexican annual naturalized in eastern North America having yellow to purple edible fruit resembling small tomatoes
  jamberry; Physalis philadelphica; tomatillo; miltomate.
  
• noun annual of tropical South America having edible purple fruits
  cape gooseberry; Physalis peruviana.
  

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• noun dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
  Prunus besseyi; Rocky Mountains cherry.
  

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• noun shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers
  rosebud cherry; Prunus subhirtella.
  

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• noun large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit
  black cherry tree; Prunus serotina; black cherry.
  

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• noun small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit
  Prunus pumilla susquehanae; Prunus pumila; Prunus cuneata; Prunus susquehanae.
  

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• noun rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
  Prunus cerasus; sour cherry.
  
• noun Australian tree with sour red fruit
  Eugenia corynantha.
  
• noun acid cherries used for pies and preserves
  

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• noun rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
  Prunus cerasus; sour cherry.
  

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• noun tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
  acerola; Malpighia glabra; barbados cherry; Surinam cherry.
  
• noun Brazilian tree with spicy red fruit; often cultivated in California and Florida
  Eugenia uniflora; pitanga.
  
• noun acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
  acerola; barbados cherry; surinam cherry.
  

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• noun large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation
  Prunus avium.
  
• noun any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
  black cherry.
  

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• to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water.

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• noun tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries
  acerola; Malpighia glabra; barbados cherry; Surinam cherry.
  
• noun acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C
  acerola; barbados cherry; surinam cherry.
  

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• noun dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
  Prunus besseyi; Rocky Mountains cherry.
  

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• noun the fruit of the wild cherry tree
  
• noun an uncultivated cherry tree
  wild cherry.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild red cherry is Prunus Pennsylvanica. The wild black cherry is P. serotina, the wood of which is much used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a compact texture. (b) The fruit of various species of Prunus.

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• noun an uncultivated cherry tree
  wild cherry.
  

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• noun Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
  bladder cherry; Physalis alkekengi; Chinese lantern plant.
  
• noun small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit
  Solanum pseudocapsicum; Madeira winter cherry; Jerusalem cherry.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant (Physalis Alkekengi) of the Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the inflated and persistent calyx. See Alkekengi.

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• noun shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers
  rosebud cherry; Prunus subhirtella.
  

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