cherry

  • 21Cherry — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Étymologie 2 Patronyme …

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  • 22cherry — cherrylike, adj. /cher ee/, n., pl. cherries, adj. n. 1. the fruit of any of various trees belonging to the genus Prunus, of the rose family, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one seeded smooth stone. 2. the tree bearing such a… …

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  • 23cherry */ — UK [ˈtʃerɪ] / US noun Word forms cherry : singular cherry plural cherries 1) [countable] a small round red or black fruit cherry pie/jam 2) a) cherry or cherry tree [countable] a tree that produces cherries b) cherry or cherry wood [uncountable]… …

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  • 24cherry — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) 1 a a small soft round stone fruit. b any of several trees of the genus Prunus bearing this or grown for its ornamental flowers. 2 (in full cherry wood) the wood of a cherry. 3 US sl. a virginity. b a virgin. adj. of a… …

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  • 25cherry — cher|ry [ tʃeri ] noun * 1. ) count a small round red or black fruit: cherry pie/jam 2. ) cherry or cherry red uncount bright red 3. ) cherry or cherry tree count a tree that produces cherries a ) uncount the wood of a cherry tree the cherry on… …

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  • 26cherry — noun (plural cherries) 1》 a small, soft round stone fruit that is typically bright or dark red. 2》 the tree that bears cherries. [Prunus avium (wild cherry), P. cerasus (sour cherry), and other species and varieties.] 3》 a bright deep red colour …

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  • 27cherry — noun (plural cherries) Etymology: Middle English chery, from Anglo French cherise, cirice (taken as a plural), from Late Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasus cherry tree, from Greek kerasos Date: 14th century 1. a. any of numerous trees and shrubs… …

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  • 28cherry — cher|ry S3 [ˈtʃeri] n plural cherries [Date: 1300 1400; : Old North French; Origin: cherise (taken as plural), from Late Latin ceresia, from Latin cerasus cherry tree , from Greek kerasos] 1.) a small round red or black fruit with a long thin… …

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  • 29cherry — /ˈtʃɛri / (say cheree) noun (plural cherries) 1. the fruit of any of various trees of the genus Prunus, consisting of a pulpy, globular drupe enclosing a one seeded smooth stone. 2. the tree itself. 3. its wood. 4. any of various fruits or plants …

  • 30cherry — [14] Cherry comes ultimately from Greek kerasós ‘cherry tree’, which in Latin became cerasus. This was borrowed into the Germanic languages in prehistoric times, producing, as well as German kirsche, Old English ciris ‘cherry’, which died out in… …

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