sour cherry

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sour cherry

noun sour cherries

  1. Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus, (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, Prunus cerasus, Prunus pseudocerasus, and Prunus cerasoides.

    Similar: dwarf cherry, tart cherry

  2. The fruit of these trees, often used for cooking.

    Similar: dwarf cherry, tart cherry

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sour, cherry.

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noun Prunus cerasus

Españolguindo, cerezo ácido, cerezo de Morello
日本語スミミザクラ sumimizakura
中文櫻桃樹 /樱桃树 yīngtáoshù
Portuguêsginjeira
Françaisgriotte
DeutschSauerkirsche, Weichsel
Italianoamareno, agriotto
Ελληνικάβυσσινιά vyssiniá
Românăvișin
Русскийви́шня víšnja

noun fruit

Españolguinda
日本語スミミザクラ sumimizakura
中文櫻桃 /樱桃 yīngtáo
Portuguêsginja, amarena
Françaisgriotte, morelle
DeutschSauerkirsche, Weichsel
Italianoamarena, marasca, visciola, agriotta
Ελληνικάβύσσινο výssino
Românăvișină
Русскийви́шня víšnja

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@misc{sour_cherry_2026,
  title = {sour cherry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sour%20cherry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}