cherry
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Etymology [edit]
From Middle English cheri (loanword from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French cherise (“cherry”)- compare Old French cerise, which gave modern French cerise and later English cerise from this). Compare Old English ciris (“cherry”), (from Late Latin ceresia), which died out after the Norman invasion and was replaced by the French-derived word.[1]
The Middle English singular is a folk-etymology from Old Northern French cherise (“cherry”) (interpreted as a plural), from Vulgar Latin ceresia, a reinterpretation of the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium (cerasum, cerasus (“cherry tree”)), from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerasion, “cherry fruit”).
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Noun [edit]
cherry (plural cherries)
- A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
- Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bears cherries.
- The wood of a cherry tree.
- cherry red
- (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
- 2004, Nick Wright, Treading Ground #47 – Throwback
- In any case it’s ironic, considering there hasn’t been a cherry in the white house since Chelsea Clinton was fourteen.
- 2004, Nick Wright, Treading Ground #47 – Throwback
- (graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
- 2004, Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp, S Muthukrishnan, Ugur Dogrusoz, Combinatorial Pattern Matching
- Non-isomorphism is detected whenever the algorithm finds a cherry
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- Non-isomorphism is detected whenever the algorithm finds a cherry
- 2005, Lior Pachter, Bernd Sturmfels, Algebraic Statistics for Computational Biology
- Step 3: Output the tree T. The edge lengths of T are determined recursively: If (x,y) is a cherry connected to node z as in Step 2…
- 2004, Suleyman Cenk Sahinalp, S Muthukrishnan, Ugur Dogrusoz, Combinatorial Pattern Matching
…Usage notes [edit]
Cherry includes, but is not limited to, the following species, of the genus Prunus: avium, cerasus, mahaleb, mazzard, pennsylvannica, pumila, serotina, serrulata, and virginiana. Prunus also includes plums.
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Translations [edit]
fruit
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tree
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wood
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color
graph theory: subtree consisting of two nodes
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Adjective [edit]
cherry (comparative more cherry, superlative most cherry)
- Containing or having the taste of cherries.
- Of a bright red colour.
- (informal, often of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.
- 2003, John Morgan Wilson, Blind Eye, St. Martin’s Press, ISBN 0312309198, p. 108
- A few years earlier, I’d restored my ’65 Mustang convertible to cherry condition—fire engine red, with matching tuck-and-roll—and I wasn’t surprised that it drew attention.
- 2003, John Morgan Wilson, Blind Eye, St. Martin’s Press, ISBN 0312309198, p. 108
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from cherry (noun)
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Translations [edit]
flavour
colour
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See also [edit]
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old Northern French
- English terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English nouns
- English slang
- en:Graph theory
- English adjectives
- English informal terms
- en:Reds
- en:Colors
- en:Fruits
- en:Trees
- en:Woods
