Definitions for black cherry

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

black′ cher′ry(n.)

  1. a North American cherry, Prunus serotina, having drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers and bearing a sour, edible black fruit.

    Category: Plants

  2. the fruit itself.

    Category: Plants

Origin of black cherry:

1720–30, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. black cherry, black cherry tree, rum cherry, Prunus serotina(noun)

    large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit

  2. sweet cherry, black cherry(noun)

    any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh


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