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cherry pie
noun
- any of several plants having flowers with an odor suggestive of cherries, as the heliotrope.
cherry-pie
noun
- a widely planted garden heliotrope, Heliotropium peruvianum
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cherry pie1
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Example Sentences
In October 2010, the archbishop was hit with a cherry pie during a service at a Brussels cathedral.
The pleasure from doughnuts, cherry pie, and “damn fine” coffee sat hauntingly beside the continual threat of violence.
I want Mis' Calvert to taste it, an' when she does she'll say she never knew before what cherry pie could be!
Mis' Spencer, you set that cherry pie o' yourn on this particular spot an' figure of this table-cloth!
If only I had a piece of cherry pie now, or an ice cream cone, or a bit of bread and butter and jam I would be all right.
"Indeed it will," agreed Uncle Wiggily, and he wished he was hungry then and there, because he just loved cherry pie.
"Cherry pie," murmured Mr. Thorne, who was apparently eating his breakfast in a sort of waking dream.
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