SWEET CHERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet cherry mean? 

• SWEET CHERRY (noun)
  The noun SWEET CHERRY has 2 senses:

1. large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation

2. any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh

  Familiarity information: SWEET CHERRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET CHERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Prunus avium; sweet cherry

Hypernyms ("sweet 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)

Meronyms (parts of "sweet cherry"):

black cherry; sweet cherry (any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh)

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

heart cherry; oxheart; oxheart cherry (any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits)

gean; mazzard; mazzard cherry (wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

black cherry; sweet cherry

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

cherry (a red fruit with a single hard stone)

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

bing cherry (dark red or blackish sweet cherry)

heart cherry; oxheart; oxheart cherry (large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh)

Holonyms ("sweet cherry" is a part of...):

Prunus avium; sweet cherry (large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation)