amarelle

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A sour cherry tree that makes pale red fruit with almost clear juice

noun

Specialized

: amarillo

The orchard grows a rare variety of amarelle cherries prized for their pale color and tart flavor.

Examples

Unlike morello cherries, amarelle varieties produce fruit with nearly colorless juice.
She baked a pie using amarelle cherries instead of the more common sweet ones.
The amarelle tree blooms beautifully in spring.
We picked some amarelles from the orchard.
She baked a pie using amarelle cherries instead of the more common sweet ones.
The orchard grows a rare variety of amarelle cherries prized for their pale color and tart flavor.
Unlike morello cherries, amarelle varieties produce fruit with nearly colorless juice.

Synonyms

sour cherry

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A small red fruit that tastes sour and is used for cooking or baking

is a specific pale-juiced type rather than the general tart fruit

Prunus cerasus caproniana

vsamarelle

Specialized

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A small sour cherry tree that makes pale red fruit with clear juice

is the common name for the same pale fruiting variety

sour cherry tree

vsamarelle

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A small tree that makes tart red cherries often used in cooking and jam

is a paler-fruited type with colorless juice rather than dark fruit

morello

vsamarelle

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A tree that grows dark red sour cherries people use in cooking

is paler with colorless juice rather than dark-skinned fruit

Prunus cerasus austera

vsamarelle

Specialized

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A sour cherry tree grown for dark cherries and dark juice

is paler and yields colorless juice instead of dark juice

How Sour

sour cherry

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morello

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amarelle

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cherry

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sweet cherry

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Surface Forms

amarelle singular

amarelles plural

Etymology

The word amarelle comes from the Italian amarena, from the root amar- meaning 'bitter' or 'sour'. So an amarelle cherry is named for its tart, slightly bitter taste and pale juice, and is often used in cooking.