wild cherry tree
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2.9
- noun
- /waɪld ˈʧɛri tri/
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cerezo silvestre
- "The chestnuts and wild cherry trees still colored the slopes, and beyond them, Melanie could see the Alps.
- wild cherry tree in bloom
Examples
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During the spring, wild cherry trees are filled with beautiful pink blossoms.
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I built her one out of a wild cherry tree that a thunderstorm tipped over.
Fiction book (1996) -
Birdsong rang out from the tops of lime trees and maples, and wild cherry trees blew kisses.
Academic text (1999) -
She discovered a family of rabbits living near a wild cherry tree in her backyard.
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The children loved to gather around the wild cherry tree to play and enjoy the shade.
Synonyms
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3.0
A small dark red to almost black round fruit from a tree that tastes sweet
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9.9
A wild sweet cherry tree used as the root for grafting cultivated cherries
A small tree that grows naturally and the small tart fruit it makes
A large North American wild cherry tree with black sour fruit
A large North American tree that has small black sour fruit people can eat
A large North American cherry tree with dark sour fruit and strong wood
A large tree from Europe and Asia that makes sweet cherries people eat
A small wild cherry tree with red or black fruit that birds often eat
A wild Dalmatian cherry tree whose bitter fruit is used to make a sweet alcoholic cherry drink
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a cherry tree growing in the wild' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'wild' (growing naturally) + 'cherry' (the fruit/tree) + 'tree' (a perennial plant). This is a straightforward adjectival noun phrase following common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The noun wild cherry tree comes from the simple picture of a cherry tree that is 'wild' and grows by itself in woods or fields instead of being planted. So it means a cherry tree that grows naturally, not one from a planted orchard.