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black cherry

–noun
1. a North American cherry, Prunus serotina, having drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers and bearing a black, sour, edible fruit.
2. the fruit itself.
3. the hard, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.

Origin:
1720–30, Americanism
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black cherry  
n.  
    1. A deciduous North American tree (Prunus serotina) having drooping elongate clusters of white flowers and blackish, somewhat poisonous fruits.

    2. The close-grained, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used especially for furniture, cabinets, and musical instruments.

  1. Any of various dark-fruited kinds of cherry.

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