cherry tree

See also: Cherry Tree and cherry-tree

English

A cherry tree

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Etymology

From Middle English cherietree, cheritree, chery-tre, cherytre, chiri tre, chiritre, chyrytree.

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Noun

cherry tree (plural cherry trees)

  1. Any tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.
    Synonyms: cherry (elliptically synonymous), sakura (Japanese context)
    Hypernyms: tree < plant < organism

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