Definition of Cherry

1. Noun. Wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry.

Substance meronyms: Cherry Tree
Generic synonyms: Wood

2. Adjective. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

3. Noun. Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood.

4. Noun. A red fruit with a single hard stone.
Generic synonyms: Edible Fruit, Drupe, Stone Fruit
Specialized synonyms: Black Cherry, Sweet Cherry, Capulin, Mexican Black Cherry, Sour Cherry
Group relationships: Cherry Tree

5. Noun. A red the color of ripe cherries.
Exact synonyms: Cerise, Cherry Red
Generic synonyms: Red, Redness
Derivative terms: Cerise

Definition of Cherry

1. n. A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;

2. a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

Definition of Cherry

1. a fruit [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherry

cherishing
Chermidae
Chernobyl
chernozem
chernozemic
chernozemic soil
chernozems
Cherokee
Cherokee rose
cheroot
cheroots
cherried
cherrier
cherries
cherriest
cherry (current term)
cherry-red
cherry-red spot
cherry-red spot myoclonus syndrome
cherry-tree gum
cherrying
cherrylike
cherrystone
cherrystones
cherrystone clam
cherry angioma
cherry apple
cherry birch
cherry bomb
cherry crab

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