cherry /tšeri/ n. & a. ME. [ONFr. cherise (treated as pl.), mod. CERISE, f. med.L ceresia, perh. f. orig. neut. pl. of adj. ceraseus, f. L cerasus f. Gk kerasos.] A n.
1 The small edible stone-fruit, dark red or yellow and red-flushed when ripe, borne by several trees of the genus Prunus, esp. the cultivated forms of P. avium (sweet cherry), P. cerasus (sour cherry, morello cherry), or their hybrids. Also fig., as a type of something red. ME.
2 Any of the trees bearing this fruit, related to the plum but with flowers in umbels or racemes. Also (chiefly w. specifying wd), any of various related trees, some of which are grown for ornament; any of several other unrelated trees resembling the cherry in some respect. LME. b More fully cherry wood. The timber of any of these trees. L18.
3 Virginity; a virgin. slang. E20.
sherry /šeri/ n. L16. [Alt. of prec. interpreted as pl. or with loss of final -s in sherris sack.]
1 A fortified white wine orig. from S. Spain, drunk esp. as an appetizer. Also, a drink or glass of sherry. L16.
2 A glass used for sherry. E20.
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