1. A red fruit with a single hard stone
   "She pitted the cherries before adding them to the pie filling"
    
2. Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce valuable hardwood
   "The cherry trees in Washington D.C. draw thousands of visitors during their annual bloom";
   - cherry tree
    
3. Wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
   "The cabinetmaker crafted a stunning dining table from rich cherry";
   - cherrywood
    
4. A red the colour of ripe cherries
   "She painted her lips a bright cherry";
   - cerise, cherry red
    
5. [informal] Someone's virginity, esp. a woman's
   "The song lyrics crudely referred to 'popping her cherry'"

1. Having a colour at the end of the colour spectrum (next to orange); resembling the colour of blood, cherries, tomatoes or rubies
   "The picture would come through dark with a cherry tinge";
   - red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet, reddy, rufescent

Derived forms: cherries

See also: chromatic

Type of: drupe, edible fruit, fruit tree, red, redness, stone fruit, wood

Part of: genus Prunus, Prunus

Encyclopedia: Cherry, Michael