sweet cherry

/swit ˌtʃɛri/

Other forms: sweet cherries

Definitions of sweet cherry

1. noun

   large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation
   synonyms: Prunus avium

   types:

   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

   type 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
2. noun

   any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh
   synonyms: black cherry

   types:

   bing cherry

   dark red or blackish sweet cherry

   heart cherry, oxheart, oxheart cherry

   large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh

   blackheart, blackheart cherry

   heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry

   type of:

   cherry

   a red fruit with a single hard stone