wild cherry tree

/waɪld ˌtʃɛri tri/

Other forms: wild cherry trees

Definitions of wild cherry tree

1. noun

   an uncultivated cherry tree
   synonyms: wild cherry

   types:

   bird cherry, bird cherry tree

   any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds

   Prunus serotina, black cherry, black cherry tree, rum cherry

   large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit

   European bird cherry, Prunus padus, common bird cherry, hagberry tree

   small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry

   Prunus pensylvanica, pin cherry

   small shrubby North American wild cherry with small bright red acid fruit

   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