sour cherry

English

Sour cherry

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Noun

sour cherry (plural sour cherries)

1. Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus, (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, Prunus cerasus, Prunus pseudocerasus, and Prunus cerasoides.

   Synonyms: dwarf cherry, tart cherry

2. The fruit of these trees, often used for cooking.

   Synonyms: dwarf cherry, tart cherry

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sour,‎ cherry.

Coordinate terms

• sweet cherry

Translations

Prunus cerasus

• Armenian: բալենի (hy) (baleni)
• Basque: gingondo
• Belarusian: ві́шня (be) f (víšnja)
• Bulgarian: ви́шна (bg) f (víšna)
• Catalan: guinder m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 櫻桃樹 / 樱桃树 (yīngtáoshù)

• Czech: višeň (cs) f
• Danish: surkirsebær (da) n
• Finnish: hapankirsikka (fi)
• French: griotte (fr) f
• Galician: guindeira (gl) f
• German: Sauerkirsche (de) f, Weichsel (de) f
• Greek: βυσσινιά (el) f (vyssiniá)
• Hungarian: meggyfa (hu)
• Indonesian: kersen (id)
• Irish: crann silíní searbha m
• Italian: amareno m, agriotto m
• Japanese: スミミザクラ (sumimizakura)
• Laz: ვიშნე (vişne)
• Macedonian: ви́шна (mk) f (víšna)
• Pannonian Rusyn: вишня f (višnja)
• Polish: wiśnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ginjeira (pt) f
• Romanian: vișin (ro) m
• Russian: ви́шня (ru) f (víšnja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вишња f

  Roman: višnja (sh) f

• Slovak: višňa f
• Slovene: višnja (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wišńa f

  Upper Sorbian: wišeń f

• Spanish: guindo (es) m, cerezo ácido, cerezo de Morello
• Swedish: surkörsbär (sv) n, surkörsbärsträd (sv) n
• Turkish: vişne (tr)
• Ukrainian: ви́шня (uk) f (výšnja)
• Volapük: züdöfacelep, züdöfacelabim
• Yiddish: ווײַנשלבוים m (vaynshlboym)

fruit

• Albanian: vishnjë (sq) f
• Armenian: բալ (hy) (bal)
• Basque: ginga (eu)
• Belarusian: ві́шня (be) f (víšnja)
• Bulgarian: ви́шна (bg) f (víšna)
• Catalan: guinda f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 櫻桃 / 樱桃 (zh) (yīngtáo)

• Czech: višně f
• Danish: surkirsebær (da) n
• Dutch: zure kers (nl) f, morel (nl) f, kriek (nl) f
• Esperanto: grioto
• Finnish: hapankirsikka (fi)
• French: griotte (fr) f, morelle (fr) f
• Galician: guinda (gl) f
• Georgian: ალუბალი (alubali)
• German: Sauerkirsche (de) f, Weichsel (de) f
• Greek: βύσσινο (el) n (výssino)
• Hungarian: meggy (hu)
• Indonesian: kersen (id)
• Irish: silín searbh m
• Italian: amarena (it), marasca f, visciola (it), agriotta f
• Japanese: スミミザクラ (sumimizakura)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: albalû (ku), fişne (ku)

• Ladino: vijna, vishna
• Laz: ვიშნე (vişne)
• Macedonian: ви́шна (mk) f (víšna)
• Mingrelian: ქვიშნაბული (kvišnabuli)
• Persian: آلبالو (fa) (âlbâlu)
• Polish: wiśnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ginja (pt) f, amarena f
• Romanian: vișină (ro) f
• Russian: ви́шня (ru) f (víšnja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вишња f

  Roman: višnja (sh) f

• Slovak: višňa f
• Slovene: višnja (sl) f
• Spanish: guinda (es) f
• Swedish: surkörsbär (sv) n
• Turkish: vişne (tr), albalı (tr), ekşi kiraz (tr)
• Ukrainian: ви́шня (uk) f (výšnja)
• Volapük: züdöfacel
• Welsh: ceiriosen ddu f
• Yiddish: ווײַנשל m (vaynshl)

See also

• Amarelle
• marasca
• morello

Further reading

• Prunus cerasus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prunus cerasus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies