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Surinam cherry

Surinam cherry

9.2
A small red or yellow ribbed fruit with a tart, sweet taste
  • noun
  • /ˈsʊrɪnæm ˈʧɛri/
translation icon : cereza de Surinam
  • The garden boasted a thriving Surinam cherry bush laden with bright red fruits.

Examples

  • She made a refreshing juice from the ripe Surinam cherry harvest.

  • Children gathered the tart Surinam cherries under the shade of the tropical shrub.

  • The Surinam cherry is a delicious fruit.

  • I bought some Surinam cherries at the market.

  • Children gathered the tart Surinam cherries under the shade of the tropical shrub.

  • The garden boasted a thriving Surinam cherry bush laden with bright red fruits.

  • She made a refreshing juice from the ripe Surinam cherry harvest.

Synonyms

Eugenia uniflora
vsSurinam cherry
  • Specialized
9.6

A tropical Brazilian plant with red or orange fruit often used for jam

is the common food name for small ribbed tart fruit high in vitamin C

Surface Forms

Surinam cherry singular
Surinam cherries plural

Morphology

Surinam + cherry

This is a simple modifier+noun composition where 'Surinam' (a place/origin) specifies a type of 'cherry', so a learner who knows both constituents will infer it denotes a variety of cherry from Surinam. While botanical particularities (ribbed, tart) are extra lexical knowledge, the basic meaning 'a kind of cherry/fruit from Surinam' is directly derivable and cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

Surinam cherry comes from the country Surinam in South America, where the shrub grows, and its small red fruits look like little cherries. So today Surinam cherry means 'a small, tart, cherry-like fruit'.