sweet cherry

noun

1. a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
2. the red, purplish-black, or yellow, edible, sweet fruit of this tree.

sweet cherry

noun

1. either of two types of cherry tree that are cultivated for their red edible sweet fruit, the gean having tender-fleshed fruit, the bigarreau having firm-fleshed fruit
2. See heart cherry
   the fruit of any of these trees See also heart cherry

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweet cherry¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Watermelons, particularly in Florida, get an estimated $146 million benefit, and sweet cherries $145 million.

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We had a large sweet cherry tree in the side yard and mother canned nearly 100 quarts every year.

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Point out the lenticels on the bark of birch and sweet cherry trees and explain how trees breathe.

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It is easier to define the geographic range of the wild Sweet Cherry.

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The Sweet Cherry is at its best in a warm, sunny, genial, equable climate.

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"Kerasos" was the Sweet Cherry in ancient Greece and from kerasos came cerasus, used by many botanists as the name of the genus.

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