'Cherry Tree' definitions:
Definition of 'cherry tree'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree]
Definition of 'Cherry tree'
From: GCIDE
- Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.]
- 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M['e]doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; Prunus Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; Prunus avium and Prunus Padus, European trees (bird cherry). [1913 Webster]
- 2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. [1913 Webster]
- Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes.
- Cherry bird (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries.
- Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
- Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
- Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
- Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum ({Capsicum cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit.
- Cherry pit. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. --Shak. (b) A cherry stone.
- Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
- Cherry sucker (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper cherry snipe.
- Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.
- Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi. [1913 Webster]
Cherry Tree, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cherry Tree, OK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
1202
Housing Units (2000) :
421
Land area (2000) :
30.751508 sq. miles (79.646036 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.036402 sq. miles (0.094281 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
30.787910 sq. miles (79.740317 sq. km)
FIPS code :
13775
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
35.747934 N, 94.662736 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Cherry Tree, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Cherry Tree, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
443
Housing Units (2000) :
157
Land area (2000) :
0.531576 sq. miles (1.376776 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.531576 sq. miles (1.376776 sq. km)
FIPS code :
13120
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
40.726420 N, 78.807558 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
15724
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.