Cherry Definition

chĕrē

cherries

noun

cherries

A small, fleshy fruit containing a smooth, hard pit and ranging from yellow to very dark red, including sweet, sour, and duke cherries.

Webster's New World

The yellow, red, or blackish fruit of any of these plants.

American Heritage

Any of various prunus trees that bear this fruit.

Webster's New World

The wood of such a tree.

Webster's New World

The bright-red color of certain cherries.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

adjective

Bright-red.

Webster's New World

Made of cherry wood.

Webster's New World

Having a flavor like that of cherries.

Webster's New World

Made with cherries.

Webster's New World

Of a moderate or strong red to purplish red.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

pronoun

A female given name, a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Cherry

Singular:

cherry

Plural:

From Middle English cheri (loanword from Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French cherise (“cherry”)- compare Old French cerise, which gave modern French cerise and later English cerise from this). Compare Old English ciris (“cherry”), (from Late Latin ceresia), which died out after the Norman invasion and was replaced by the French-derived word.

From Wiktionary
The Middle English singular is a back-formation from Old Northern French cherise (“cherry”) (interpreted as a plural), from Vulgar Latin ceresia, a reinterpretation of the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium (cerasum, cerasus (“cherry tree”)), from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerasion, “cherry fruit”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English cheri from Anglo-Norman cherise variant of Old French cerise from Vulgar Latin ceresia from cerasia from Greek kerasiā cherry tree from kerasos

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition