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Cherry
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
(2):
(n.) A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
(3):
(n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
(4):
(n.) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Medoc in France).
(5):
(n.) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).
(6):
(n.) The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
(7):
(n.) The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cherry'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cherry.html. 1828.
