cherry tree
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- noun
- /ˈtʃɛri tri/
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- The cherry tree produced a large crop of sweet, red cherries this summer.
- cherry trees in blossom
- cherry tree in bloom
- chopped down a cherry tree
Your Peach trees, your cherry trees, even your pear trees have quite fast root growth.
- Your Peach trees, your cherry trees, even your pear trees have quite fast root growth.
Examples
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Tommy and Celia walk over the bridge to the cherry trees by the Tidal Basin.
Fiction book (1992) -
The flowering cherry trees will get some, as will the apricots, pear, and plums.
Fiction book (1994) -
"I felt lucky that no one was doing anything on the history of the cherry trees," he says.
Academic text (1999) -
Jefferson continues to help save the Potomac Park cherry trees in Washington.
Academic text (1999) -
In front of it, a flowering cherry tree had been planted.
Fiction book (1990) -
You had a grove of cherry trees and when they would blossom, you would invite the village to come and pick them.
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The next week, in downtown Beirut, I saw a cherry tree in bloom.
Academic text (2010) -
A noisy flock of starlings is flying from one cherry tree to another.
Academic text (2007) -
The nursery is also testing new cherry tree hybrids developed by Pooler and her predecessor, Egolf.
Academic text (1999) -
The Weingards' bosky yard had cherry trees in back, the lawn sloping to a creek and then overgrown woods.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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A tree or shrub that makes small round fruit with one hard stone
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A tree that grows fruit you can eat
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A small red fruit that tastes sour and is used for cooking or baking
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A tree that grows sweet red fruit you can eat or the fruit it makes
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A small tree that grows in the wild and produces cherries
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A tree with showy white or pink blossoms in spring
A small tree that makes tart red cherries often used in cooking and jam
A small tree from Europe and Asia that makes red or dark sour cherries used for pies
A large North American tree that has small black sour fruit people can eat
A small tree that grows naturally and the small tart fruit it makes
A small wild cherry tree that grows on sandy soil and has tiny dark bitter fruits
A small wild cherry tree with red or black fruit that birds often eat
A small cherry tree with small berries that birds eat
A small ornamental shrub from western USA with sweet black, red, or yellow fruit
A tree with bright pink or white spring flowers often planted in parks
A tree with small pink or white flowers that blooms in spring
A small tree or bush from Japan with pink flowers that bloom in winter
A small woody plant from East Asia grown for smooth red fruit and pale pink or white flowers
A small evergreen shrub or tree with spiny leaves and white flowers
An evergreen shrub or small tree with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers from California
A small evergreen tree in the southern United States with glossy leaves and berries that are not edible
A bush or small evergreen tree with shiny leaves and white flowers used as a garden hedge
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Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that bears cherries' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cherry' (a fruit/tree that bears cherries) with 'tree' (a perennial plant); a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer this. This is a straightforward noun–noun referential compound common across languages, so the composition is fully predictable.
Etymology
Cherry tree is simply a name that shows the picture: a tree that grows cherries, the small red fruits. People also call the wood from this tree 'cherry' when it is used for furniture, so the phrase can mean the living tree or the wood it gives.