Meanings
amarelle1
plural amarelles
- Alternative letter-case form of Amarelle.
Morello cultivars are usually smaller, bushier, and more compact than amarelles.
1987, Ronald L. Perry, “Cherry Rootstocks”, in Roy C. Rom, Robert F. Carlson, editors, Rootstocks for Fruit Crops, New York, N.Y.: Wiley-Interscience, →ISBN, page 2372 more examples
“Hello, Mark; I am glad you came in. What have you been doing all summer?” “Trying to get an amarelle to grow.” If he knew it was a sour cherry, I had better grow something else, fast.
a. 1974, F[loyd] J[efferson] Farqué, chapter 2, in Lobelia, Verbascum: A Tale of the Running Boy, Eugene, Ore.: FJF Publishing, published 2010, →ISBN, page 34The amarelle is an acidic cherry which can be used interchangeably in any recipe that calls for morellos.
2006 June 30, Andrew Shanahan, “Forgotten fruits”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2014
Amarelle2
plural Amarelles · alternative amarelle
- Any of several cherries cultivated from the sour cherry, distinguished from morellos by colorless juice.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinamārus“bitter, sour”
- Medieval Latinamārellum
- GermanAmarelle
- EnglishAmarelle
From German Amarelle, from Medieval Latin amārellum, from Latin amārus (“bitter, sour”) + -ellum (diminutive suffix).
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amarelle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amarelle
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