Definition of sour cherry
Nouns
rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
- Synonyms:
- Prunus cerasus, sour cherry tree
- Types:
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Prunus cerasus caproniana, amarelle
any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice
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Prunus cerasus austera, morello
any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice
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Prunus cerasus marasca, marasca, marasca cherry, maraschino cherry
Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
- Type of:
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cherry, cherry tree
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
Australian tree with sour red fruit
- Synonyms:
- Eugenia corynantha
- Type of:
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fruit tree
tree bearing edible fruit