amarelle

[ am-uh-rel ]

noun

1. any variety of the sour cherry, Prunus cerasus, having colorless juice.

amarelle

/ ˈæməˌrɛl /

noun

1. See morello
   a variety of sour cherry that has pale red fruit and colourless juice Compare morello

Word History and Origins

Origin of amarelle¹

< German < Medieval Latin amārellum, equivalent to Latin amār ( us ) bitter + -ellum -elle

Word History and Origins

Origin of amarelle¹

C20: from German, from Medieval Latin amārellum, from Latin amārus bitter; compare morello

Example Sentences

King Amarelle is an old European cherry that has taken on new life in America.

From Project Gutenberg

Despite the derivation of the name Amarelle, they have less bitterness than the other group of varieties of the Sour Cherry.

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Both belong to Prunus cerasus and as we gather rather better elsewhere than here, both are of the Amarelle type of tree.

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Truchsess, a German, in 1819, called the cherry Bunte Amarelle because of its variegated color before full maturity.

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