cherry (n.)

  1. wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

  2. any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

    [ Syn: cherry tree ]

  3. a red fruit with a single hard stone

  4. a red the color of ripe cherries

    [ Syn: cerise , cherry red ]

    cherry (adj.)

  1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

    [ Syn: red , reddish , ruddy , blood-red , carmine , cerise , cherry-red , crimson , ruby , ruby-red , scarlet ]

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