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sour cherry tree

DEFINITIONS OF: sour cherry tree

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n rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

Synonyms:
Prunus cerasus, sour cherry
Types:
Prunus cerasus caproniana, amarelle
any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice
Prunus cerasus austera, morello
any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice
Prunus cerasus marasca, marasca, marasca cherry, maraschino cherry
Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur
Type of:
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
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