sour cherry tree
- noun
- /ˈsaʊər ˈʧɛri tri/
:
cerezo ácido
- The sour cherry tree in our backyard yields fruit perfect for jam making each summer.
Examples
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Botanists have identified several varieties of sour cherry tree native to Eurasia.
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Farmers often cultivate sour cherry trees for their distinctive, tangy fruit used in pies and desserts.
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The sour cherry tree blossomed beautifully this spring.
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Do you have a sour cherry tree in your garden?
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In late spring, the sour cherry tree blooms with beautiful white flowers before producing delicious fruits.
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The recipe called for fresh sour cherry tree fruit to make a tangy pie that everyone enjoyed.
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Every summer, we gather ripe berries from the sour cherry tree in our backyard for preserves.
Synonyms
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A small red fruit that tastes sour and is used for cooking or baking
A small tree from Europe and Asia that makes red or dark sour cherries used for pies
A small sour cherry tree or its tart cherries used for cooking
A tree that grows dark red sour cherries people use in cooking
A sour cherry tree grown for dark cherries and dark juice
A cherry tree from Dalmatia with bitter fruit used for maraschino
A wild Dalmatian cherry tree whose bitter fruit is used to make a sweet alcoholic cherry drink
A sour cherry tree that makes pale red fruit with almost clear juice
A small sour cherry tree that makes pale red fruit with clear juice
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'sour' modifies 'cherry' and 'cherry tree' denotes a tree that bears cherries, so 'sour cherry tree' straightforwardly means a tree that produces sour/tart cherries. This adjectival+noun+noun composition is productive in English and common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would reliably infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Sour cherry tree is a plain name: it is a tree that grows cherry fruit that tastes 'sour'. That's why people have long grown it for cooking and making jam.