Cherry

n. [A-S. cirse, cherry, ciris-beam, cyrs-treow, cherry-tree, O. H. Ger. kirsâ, M. H. Ger. kirse, N. H. Ger. kirsche, Fr. cerise, Pr. serisia, Sp. cereza, Pg. cereja, It. ciregia, ciliegia, L. Lat. cerasus, from Lat. cerasus, cherry-tree, cherry, Gr. κερασός, κερασέα, κερασία, so named, it is said, from Cerasus, a city in Pontus, near the Euxine, whence the tree was imported into Italy.]

1Sense 1. (Bot.) (a.) The fruit of a species of Prunus (P. cerasus), of which there are many varieties. (b.) The tree which bears the fruit.

2Sense 2. A cordial composed of cherry-juice and spirit, sweetened and diluted.