SOUR CHERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sour cherry mean? 

• SOUR CHERRY (noun)
  The noun SOUR CHERRY has 3 senses:

1. rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

2. Australian tree with sour red fruit

3. acid cherries used for pies and preserves

  Familiarity information: SOUR CHERRY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUR CHERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Prunus cerasus; sour cherry; sour cherry tree

Hypernyms ("sour cherry" is a kind of...):

cherry; cherry tree (any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sour cherry"):

amarelle; Prunus cerasus caproniana (any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice)

morello; Prunus cerasus austera (any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice)

marasca; marasca cherry; maraschino cherry; Prunus cerasus marasca (Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Australian tree with sour red fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eugenia corynantha; sour cherry

Hypernyms ("sour cherry" is a kind of...):

fruit tree (tree bearing edible fruit)

Holonyms ("sour cherry" is a member of...):

Eugenia; genus Eugenia (tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Acid cherries used for pies and preserves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sour cherry" is a kind of...):

cherry (a red fruit with a single hard stone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sour cherry"):

amarelle (pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice)

morello (cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice)