cherry tree

noun

Any tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.

Similar
cherry[Appendix:Glossarycherry
OriginMiddle English cherietree →
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Meanings

cherry tree1

nouncherry tree (plural cherry trees)

plural cherry trees · alternative archaic cherry-tree

  1. Any tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.

    Synonyms: cherry[Appendix:Glossary

Cherry Tree2

proper noun
  1. A suburb of Livesey parish, Blackburn with Darwen district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6526).
  2. A suburb of Romiley, Stockport borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9590).
  3. A neighbourhood of Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana, United States.
  4. A census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States.
  5. A borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. Cerasus, the members of which are valued agriculturally for their fruit, the cherry, and the wood of the tree, cherrywood, used in woodworking.

Similar
cherry[Appendix:Glossary

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

Similar
cherry
Broader
fruit tree
Also see
cherry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcherietree
  2. Englishcherry tree

From Middle English cherietree, cheritree, chery-tre, cherytre, chiri tre, chiritre, chyrytree.

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Translations

Basque gereziondo
  • gereziondotree of subgenus Cerasus
Catalan cirerer
  • cirerertree of subgenus Cerasus
Chinese Mandarin 櫻桃樹 /樱桃树
  • 櫻桃樹 /樱桃树 (yīngtáoshù)tree of subgenus Cerasus
Czech třešeň
  • třešeňtree of subgenus Cerasus
Danish kirsebærtræ
  • kirsebærtrætree of subgenus Cerasus
Dutch kersenboom, kerselaar
  • kersenboomtree of subgenus Cerasus
  • kerselaartree of subgenus Cerasus
Finnish kirsikkapuu
  • kirsikkapuutree of subgenus Cerasus
French cerisier
  • cerisiertree of subgenus Cerasus
German Kirschbaum
  • Kirschbaumtree of subgenus Cerasus
Hungarian cseresznyefa
  • cseresznyefatree of subgenus Cerasus
Icelandic kirsuberjatré
  • kirsuberjatrétree of subgenus Cerasus
Italian ciliegio
  • ciliegiotree of subgenus Cerasus
Japanese 桜
  • 桜tree of subgenus Cerasus
Latin cerasus
  • cerasustree of subgenus Cerasus
Norwegian Bokmål kirsebærtre
  • kirsebærtretree of subgenus Cerasus
Polish wiśnia, czereśnia
  • wiśniatree of subgenus Cerasus
  • czereśniatree of subgenus Cerasus
Portuguese cerejeira
  • cerejeiratree of subgenus Cerasus
Romanian cireș
  • cireștree of subgenus Cerasus
Russian чере́шня
  • чере́шня (čeréšnja)tree of subgenus Cerasus
Spanish cerezo
  • cerezotree of subgenus Cerasus
Swedish körsbärsträd
  • körsbärsträdtree of subgenus Cerasus
Vietnamese anh đào
  • anh đàotree of subgenus Cerasus
Welsh coed ceirios
  • coed ceiriostree of subgenus Cerasus
Cite this entry
APA

cherry tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cherry%20tree

MLA

“cherry tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cherry%20tree. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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