Meanings
cheeses1
- pluralplural of cheese
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of cheese
cheeses2
- euphemisticEuphemistic form of Jesus.
cheeses3
- pluralplural onlyAny of the species of genus Malva known as common mallow.
Origin
From the shape of the fruit, thought to resemble rounds of cheese.
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