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noun
Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The fruit of this plant.
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noun
a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana
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Broader terms: cherry, cherry tree
Narrower terms: western chokecherry, Prunus virginiana demissa, Prunus demissa
noun
the fruit of the chokecherry tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fruit
History
From choke + cherry, so called from the extreme astringency of the fresh fruit.
Across languages
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