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Look up: cherry

  1. Cherry
    (Prunus) Prunus is the botanical name for a large group of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs. These popular plants are greatly valued for their delicious, edible fruits, gorgeous spring blossoms and some, for their colorful foliage; some varieties are grown for decoration alone, since all do not produce edible fruits. Numerous varieties have been developed from the wild forms; some were bred for maximum fruit production and better quality fruit while others were bred for larger and more a...
    Found on http://www.botany.com/prunus.html

  2. Cherry
    The cherry is a fruit tree of the order rosaceae.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Cherry
    Cherry is a village in Bureau County Illinois, USA Cherry is a township in Sullivan County Pennsylvania, USA Cherry is a township in Butler County Pennsylvania, USA Cherry is a township in St Louis County Minnesota, USA Cherry is a township in Montgomery County Kansas, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  4. cherry
    [n] - wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry 2. [n] - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone 3. [n] - fruit with a single hard stone
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. cherry
    a soft small round stone fruit Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. cherry
    The most popular fruitwood for furniture-making as it is hard and even-textured, with a superficial resemblance to mahogany, and polishes to a good finish. The cut wood of the British species varies in colour from pinkish-yellow to red-brown. Cherry was used particularly on the turned members of country-made chairs and tables in the 17th and 18th c ...
    Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary

  7. Cherry
    Cher'ry (chĕr'rȳ) noun [ Middle English chery , for cherys , from French cerise (cf. Anglo-Saxon cyrs cherry), from Late Latin ceresia , from Latin cerasus Cherry tree, Greek keraso`s , perhaps from ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 1. (Botany) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/61

  8. Cherry
    Cher'ry (chĕr'rȳ) adjective Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/61

  9. cherry
    noun a red fruit with a single hard stone
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. cherry
    cherry tree noun any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. Cherry
    The word `cherry` refers to both the tree and the fleshy fruit (drupe) that contains a single stony seed. The cherry belongs to the family Rosaceae, genus `Prunus`, along with almonds, peaches, plums, apricots and bird cherries. The subgenus, `Cerasus`, is distinguished by having the flowers in small corymbs of several together (not singly, nor in racemes), and by having a smooth fruit with only a weak groove or none along one side. The subgenus ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry

  12. Cherry
    • (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; • (n.) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), 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 (corrupt...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. cherry
    any of various trees belonging to species of Prunus and their edible fruits. Most cherry species are native to the Northern Hemisphere, where they ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/65

  14. Cherry
    Cherry is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Cherry` Where is it used? The name Cherry is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Sheree ( In English) Sheri ( In English) Sherie ( In English) Sherry ( In English) Charity ( In English) Cherie ( In English) Cheri ( In English) In combination with other names: In English: Cherilyn (F) If it
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Che

  15. Cherry
    There are two main types of cherries: sweet and sour. The sweet varieties include Bing, Lambert, Tartarian, and Royal Ann (from which Maraschino cherries are made). The sour types include Early Richmond, Montemorency, English Merello.
    Found on http://www.nutribase.com/fruits.shtml

  16. cherry
    cherry, name for several species of trees or shrubs of the genus Prunus (a few are sometimes classed as Padus) of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for their fruits. The small, round red to black fruits are botanically designated drupes, or stone fruits, as are those of the closely related peach...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08117


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