sand cherry sandc·herry uncommon noun 1. small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit Synonymssand cherryPrunus pumilaPrunus pumilla susquehanaePrunus susquehanaePrunus cuneata Related words Broader terms shrub Parts Prunus WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved.