Definition of: cherry

(cher′ē) noun plural ·ries
1. Any of various trees (genus Prunus) of the rose family, related to the plum and the peach and bearing small, round, or heart–shaped drupes enclosing a smooth pit; especially, the sweet cherry (P. avium), the sour cherry (P. cerasus), and the wild black cherry (P. serotina).
2. The wood or fruit of a cherry tree.
3. A bright–red color resembling that of certain cherries: also cherry red.
—adjective
1. Like a cherry; red.
2. Made of cherry wood. [ME chery, back formation from AF cherise (mistaken for a plural) <L cerasus cherry tree <Gk. kerasos]