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black cherry

black cherry

1 3.0
A small dark red to almost black round fruit from a tree that tastes sweet
  • noun
  • /blæk ˈʧɛri/
  • US
translation icon : cereza negra
  • So she finally raises herself up, closes the window, and pulls down the shade, dope in one hand, a hush-hush in the other, a glass of day-old black cherry Kool-Aid sitting inside the straps of her sandal where her soul/sole was on ice the night before.
  • black cherry fruit
  • black cherry soda
  • black cherry flavors

Look, listen, you got you got the the normal black cherry to warm up your palate.

Examples

  • Look, listen, you got you got the the normal black cherry to warm up your palate.

  • So you would want to take, for example, those black cherries and pair it with something Swiss, for example.

  • They're going to turn to a nice deep red color resemblance of like kind of a black cherry, obviously.

  • It's a telemarketer and my more and my more important question is how do you take out dried black cherry soda from a fine area rug?

  • The species groups that did not include advance reproduction presence were black cherry, dogwood, other species, shortleaf pine, and sugar maple.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Conversely, ashes, black cherry, elms, shortleaf pine, and sugar maple rarely established and were scarce when successful.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The pie was filled with sweet, tart black cherry fruit, making it a favorite dessert.

  • She picked a black cherry straight from the tree, enjoying its rich flavor.

  • On hot summer days, I love to sip black cherry soda as a refreshing treat.

Synonyms

wild cherry tree
vsblack cherry
1 2.9

A small tree that grows in the wild and produces cherries

is narrower, referring to the dark fruit or that particular tree type
black cherry tree
vsblack cherry
  • US
4.6

A large North American tree that has small black sour fruit people can eat

is used for both the dark fruit and the tree
Prunus serotina
vsblack cherry
  • Specialized
9.9

A large North American wild cherry tree with black sour fruit

is the common name used for both fruit and tree
rum cherry
vsblack cherry
  • US
8.9

A large North American cherry tree with dark sour fruit and strong wood

is the more usual term for the fruit and tree
wild cherry
vsblack cherry
4.0

A small tree that grows naturally and the small tart fruit it makes

is specifically about the dark fruit or that North American tree type

Surface Forms

black cherry singular

Morphology

black + cherry

The meaning 'a dark red to nearly black colour like ripe cherries' is directly and compositionally derived from 'black' (dark colour) + 'cherry' (the fruit), naming a hue that resembles the fruit's skin. This follows a common color-naming pattern (e.g. 'cherry red', 'navy blue') that is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner knowing both words would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Black cherry comes from the tree and its dark fruit. The ripe cherries are very dark red, almost black, so people called the fruit and the tree black cherry, and today the word still means that dark cherry or the tree.