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A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; The common garden cherry , of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,

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A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; The common garden cherry , of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke . The wild cherry; as, prunus serotina , valued for its timber; P. Virginiana , an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees . 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes. -- Cherry bird , an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. -- Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar. -- Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. -- Cherry laurel , an evergren shrub common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. -- Cherry pepper , a species of Capsicum , with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. -- Cherry pit. A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. Shak. A cherry stone. -- Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped. -- Cherry sucker , the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper cherry snipe. Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries. -- Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi. (more info) cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr.

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• GARDEN
  German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard 1. A piece of ground appropriates to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. I am arrived from fruitful
• FRUITAGE
  1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
• STONEBRASH
  A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.
• DRUPE
  A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous
• COMMONER
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• STONEROOT
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• FRUITIVE
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• SHRUBBY
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• COMMONLY
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