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English adjective: cherry

1. cherry of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies


Synonymsblood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet


Similarchromatic


Antonymsachromatic, neutral


English noun: cherry

1. cherry (plant) wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry


Broader (hypernym)wood


Substance meronymcherry, cherry tree

2. cherry (plant) any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood


Synonymscherry tree


Broader (hypernym)fruit tree


Narrower (hyponym)capulin, capulin tree, Catalina cherry, chokecherry, chokecherry tree, flowering cherry, Prunus avium, Prunus capuli, Prunus cerasus, Prunus lyonii, Prunus virginiana, sour cherry, sour cherry tree, sweet cherry, wild cherry, wild cherry tree


Part holonymcherry


Member meronymgenus Prunus, Prunus


Substance holonymcherry

3. cherry (food) a red fruit with a single hard stone


Broader (hypernym)drupe, edible fruit, stone fruit


Narrower (hyponym)black cherry, capulin, Mexican black cherry, sour cherry, sweet cherry


Part meronymcherry, cherry tree

4. cherry (attribute) a red the color of ripe cherries


Synonymscerise, cherry red


Broader (hypernym)red, redness









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