Meanings
nounblacksherry (plural not attested)
- no pluralSynonym of blackaroon.
The chestnut was chestan (O. Fr. chastaigne); the wild cherry, gean or guin (Fr. guigne), a word still in use, and the name of which may be derived from Guienne, notwithstanding a notion prevailing in the north that the blackaroon, or blacksherry, was originally brought from Guines, in Artois.
1882, Francisque Michel, A Critical Inquiry Into the Scottish Language with the View of Illustrating the Rise and Progress of Civilisation in Scotland, page 61Synonyms: blackaroon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of blackaroon.
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blacksherry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blacksherry
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“blacksherry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blacksherry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blacksherry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blacksherry.
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