black cherry tree
- noun
- /blæk ˈʧɛri tri/
- US
:
árbol de cereza negra
- As we walked through the forest, we admired the tall black cherry trees with their dark bark and clusters of sour cherries.
- black cherry tree
Examples
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The spring, the great black cherry trees in blossom.
Academic text (2007) -
During our hike, we stopped to rest under the shade of a large black cherry tree that was full of ripe fruit.
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The park has many beautiful black cherry trees that bloom in the spring and provide edible fruit in the summer.
Synonyms
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3.0
A small dark red to almost black round fruit from a tree that tastes sweet
A large North American wild cherry tree with black sour fruit
A large North American cherry tree with dark sour fruit and strong wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'black' modifies 'cherry' and 'cherry tree' denotes a tree that bears cherries, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it as a tree bearing black cherries. This straightforward adjective + noun + noun compound follows common cross-linguistic compounding patterns and requires no idiomatic knowledge.
Etymology
Black cherry tree is a simple name: it describes a tree that has dark, almost black cherry fruits that birds eat. So the name just means the North American tree known for its dark 'fruit' and useful 'wood' for furniture.