Phrase guide

black cherry

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A tree of species Prunus serotina

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet cherry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cherry

Narrower terms: bing cherry, heart cherry, oxheart, oxheart cherry

3

noun

Meaning 3

large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black cherry tree, rum cherry, Prunus serotina

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wild cherry, wild cherry tree

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: че́рна чере́ша (čérna čeréša) — Prunus serotina
  • Bulgarian: америка́нска чере́ша (amerikánska čeréša) — Prunus serotina
  • Bulgarian: къ́сна гроздови́дна чере́ша (kǎ́sna grozdovídna čeréša) — Prunus serotina
  • Catalan: cirerer americà — Prunus serotina
  • Czech: ptáčnice — Prunus serotina
  • Finnish: kiiltotuomi — Prunus serotina
  • French: cerisier tardif — Prunus serotina
  • German: Spätblühende Traubenkirsche — Prunus serotina
  • Lithuanian: vėlyvoji ieva — Prunus serotina
  • Ojibwe: ookwemin — Prunus serotina
  • Welsh: coeden geirios rym — Prunus serotina