'Prunus avium' definitions:

Definition of 'Prunus avium'

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noun
Large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation [syn: sweet cherry, Prunus avium]

Definition of 'Prunus avium'

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]

Definition of 'Prunus avium'

From: GCIDE
  • Gean \Gean\, n. [F. guigne the fruit of the gean; cf. OHG. w[imac]hsila, G. weichsel.] (Bot.) A species of cherry tree common in Europe (Prunus avium); also, the fruit, which is usually small and dark in color. [1913 Webster]