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 cher·ry /ˈʧɛri/
 櫻桃,櫻桃樹,櫻桃色

 cher·ry /ˈʧɛrɪ/ 名詞
 櫻桃

 Cher·ry a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.
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 Cher·ry n.
 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 Médoc 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).
 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 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.

 cherry
      adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
            of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
            [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine,
             cerise, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
             scarlet]
      n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black
           cherry
      2: 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 tree]
      3: fruit with a single hard stone
      4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry red]