cherry tree

See also: Cherry Tree and cherry-tree

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Etymology

From Middle English cherietree, cheritree, chery-tre, cherytre, chiri tre, chiritre, chyrytree.

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cherry tree (plural cherry trees)

  1. A tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.

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