cherry

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English

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cherries of varying degrees of ripeness

Etymology

From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse (“cherry”), both ultimately from Vulgar Latin ceresia, derived from Late Latin ceresium, cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry fruit”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), and ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin (the intervocalic σ suggests a pre-Greek origin for the word).[1] Doublet of cerise.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cherry (plural cherries)

  1. A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
  2. Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bear cherries.
  3. The wood of a cherry tree.
  4. Cherry red.
  5. (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
    • 1986, “Short Side (Blow Job Betty)”, in Too Short (lyrics), Raw, Uncut and X-Rated, track 5, between 6:36 and 6:43:
      So what bitch, I busted your cherry –
      Hell fucking no, I don’t wanna git married
    • 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.
  6. (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 …
    • 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…
  7. (cricket) A cricket ball.
  8. Cherrytop.
    • 2009, Sandra Brown, Smash Cut: A Novel, page 333:
      "What do you think"" he asked as he wove through traffic, matching Sanford's speed but without the benefit of a flashing cherry on the roof of his car.

Usage notes

Cherry includes, but is not limited to, the following species, of the genus Prunus: Prunus avium (wild cherry, mazzard, sweet cherry), P. cerasus (sour cherry), Prunus mahaleb (mahaleb cherry(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), rock cherry), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (pin cherry, bird cherry), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (sand cherry), P. serotina (black cherry), Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (Japanese flowering cherry, hill cherry), and P. virginiana (chokecherry). Prunus also includes plums, peaches, apricots, and almonds.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

other types of cherry tree and fruit
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  • evergreen cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)
  • fire cherry (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)

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Descendants

Translations

See also

Adjective

cherry (comparative more cherry, superlative most cherry)

  1. Containing or having the taste of cherries.
  2. Of a bright red colour.
  3. (informal, often of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.
    • 2003, John Morgan Wilson, Blind Eye‎[2], St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 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.
    • 2006, “White & Nerdy”, in "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics), Straight Outta Lynwood, performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic:
      All of my action figures are cherry

Derived terms

terms derived from cherry

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Translations

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See also

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References

  1. ^ Robert Stephen Paul Beekes (2010) “κέρασος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek‎[1], Brill, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeri/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ri]

Noun

cherry m (plural cherries)

  1. cherry tomato
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