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2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe
of various colors and flavors.

3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of
the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.

4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of
a cherry.

Barbadoes cherry. See under
Barbadoes. -- Cherry bird
(Zoöl.), 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
(C. cerasiforme), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
cherry-shaped fruit. -- Cherry pit.


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