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cherry

UK/ˈt͡ʃɛɾe/ US/ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/ common informal slang
noun (4) adjective (1)

noun

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

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3.
4.

a red the color of ripe cherries

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adjective

1.

having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

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Origin

From Middle English chery, cherie, chirie, from Anglo-Norman cherise (mistaken as a plural) and Old English ċiris, ċirse (“cherry”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, 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). Doublet of cerise, Giresun, and kirsch.

Phrases

  • African cherry orange
  • Barbados cherry
  • bird cherry
  • bird-cherry ermine
  • bite at the cherry
  • bite of the cherry
  • black cherry
  • bladder cherry
  • bowl of cherries
  • Brazil cherry
  • Brazilian cherry
  • Cayenne cherry

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