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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    marasca cherry \marasca cherry\ n. (Bot.) A Dalmation bitter wild cherry tree (Prunus cerasus marasca) bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur.

    Syn: marasca, maraschino cherry. [WordNet 1.5]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    amarelle \amarelle\ n. 1. 1 any of several varieties of cultivated sour cherry trees of the species Prunus cerasus bearing fruit with colorless juice, e.g. Prunus cerasus caproniana. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

    2. a pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice. [WordNet 1.5]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    amarelle \amarelle\ n. 1. 1 any of several varieties of cultivated sour cherry trees of the species Prunus cerasus bearing fruit with colorless juice, e.g. Prunus cerasus caproniana. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

    2. a pale red sour cherry with colorless or nearly colorless juice. [WordNet 1.5]

  4.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn, from the hardness of the wood.] 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 M['e]doc 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). [1913 Webster]

    2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. [1913 Webster]

    3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. [1913 Webster]

    4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. [1913 Webster]

    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. [1913 Webster]