Phrase guide

wild cherry

noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An uncultivated cherry tree of species Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sweet cherry, gean

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A tree of species Prunus serotina, native to North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black cherry

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A tree of species Antidesma bunius, native to Southeast Asia and northern Australia

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bignay

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Fruit of these trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an uncultivated cherry tree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wild cherry tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cherry, cherry tree

Narrower terms: bird cherry, bird cherry tree, black cherry, black cherry tree, rum cherry, Prunus serotina

6

noun

Meaning 6

the fruit of the wild cherry tree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَرَز حُلْو (karaz ḥulw) — Prunus avium tree
  • Armenian: կեռասենի (keṙaseni) — Prunus avium tree
  • Basque: basagereziondo — Prunus avium tree
  • Belarusian: чарэ́шня (čaréšnja) — Prunus avium tree
  • Bulgarian: дива чере́ша (diva čeréša) — Prunus avium tree
  • Bulgarian: обикнове́на чере́ша (obiknovéna čeréša) — Prunus avium tree
  • Catalan: cirerer — Prunus avium tree
  • Czech: třešeň obecná — Prunus avium tree
  • Finnish: imeläkirsikka — Prunus avium tree
  • Finnish: linnunkirsikkapuu — Prunus avium tree
  • French: merisier — Prunus avium tree
  • French: cerisier sauvage — Prunus avium tree
  • Galician: cerdeira — Prunus avium tree
  • German: Süßkirsche — Prunus avium tree
  • German: Vogelkirsche — Prunus avium tree
  • Greek: αγριοκερασιά (agriokerasiá) — Prunus avium tree
  • Ancient Greek: λακάρη (lakárē) — Prunus avium tree
  • Ido: guindiero — Prunus avium tree
  • Irish: silín fiáin — Prunus avium tree
  • Kaitag: ба́чӏру (báč̣ru) — Prunus avium tree
  • Kashubian: krzesznia — Prunus avium tree
  • Kyrgyz: гилас (gilas) — Prunus avium tree
  • Laz: მბული (mbuli) — Prunus avium tree
  • Lithuanian: trešnė — Prunus avium tree
  • Macedonian: дива цреша (diva creša) — Prunus avium tree
  • Polish: czereśnia — Prunus avium tree
  • Russian: чере́шня (čeréšnja) — Prunus avium tree
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȅšnja — Prunus avium tree
  • Slovene: čẹ̑šnja — Prunus avium tree
  • Spanish: cerezo — Prunus avium tree
  • Swedish: sötkörsbär — Prunus avium tree
  • Turkish: kiraz ağacı — Prunus avium tree
  • Ukrainian: чере́шня (čeréšnja) — Prunus avium tree
  • Volapük: möritabim — Prunus avium tree
  • Volapük: möritep — Prunus avium tree
  • Arabic: كَرَز حُلْو (karaz ḥulw) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Armenian: կեռաս (keṙas) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Azerbaijani: gilas — Prunus avium fruit
  • Belarusian: чарэ́шня (čaréšnja) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Bulgarian: дива чере́ша (diva čeréša) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Bulgarian: обикнове́на чере́ша (obiknovéna čeréša) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Czech: třešeň obecná — Prunus avium fruit
  • Finnish: villikirsikka — Prunus avium fruit
  • French: merise — Prunus avium fruit
  • Galician: cereixa — Prunus avium fruit
  • German: Süßkirsche — Prunus avium fruit
  • Greek: αγριοκέρασο (agriokéraso) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Ancient Greek: λακάρη (lakárē) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Hebrew: גודגדן — Prunus avium fruit
  • Hungarian: cseresznye — Prunus avium fruit
  • Ido: guindo — Prunus avium fruit
  • Irish: silín fiáin — Prunus avium fruit
  • Kaitag: ба́чӏру (báč̣ru) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Kashubian: krzesznia — Prunus avium fruit
  • Kazakh: тәтті шие (tättı şie) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Laz: მბული (mbuli) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Lithuanian: trešnė — Prunus avium fruit
  • Macedonian: дива цреша (diva creša) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Polish: czereśnia — Prunus avium fruit
  • Russian: чере́шня (čeréšnja) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȅšnja — Prunus avium fruit
  • Slovene: čẹ̑šnja — Prunus avium fruit
  • Spanish: cereza — Prunus avium fruit
  • Swedish: sötkörsbär — Prunus avium fruit
  • Swedish: fågelbär — Prunus avium fruit
  • Swedish: bigarrå — Prunus avium fruit
  • Tatar: төче чия (töçe çiyä) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Turkish: kiraz — Prunus avium fruit
  • Ukrainian: чере́шня (čeréšnja) — Prunus avium fruit
  • Unami: mwimin — Prunus avium fruit
  • Volapük: mörit — Prunus avium fruit