cherry
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[edit] Etymology
The singular is apparently a back-formation from the plural, probably from Old Norman cherise (“‘cherry’”) (interpreted as a plural), from Vulgar Latin *ceresia, a reinterpretation of the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerasion), “‘cherry’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈʧɛɹi/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɛri
[edit] Noun
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cherry (plural cherries)
- A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
- A tree or shrub that bears cherries.
- The wood of a cherry tree.
- (color/colour) cherry red
- (slang) virginity, particularly of a woman.
- (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 v1 [is-member-of symbol] T1...
- 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
[edit] Usage notes
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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[edit] Usage notes
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.
[edit] Adjective
cherry (comparative more cherry, superlative most cherry)
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- Containing or having the taste of cherries.
- (color/colour) 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
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flavour
colour
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