Meanings
nounsand cherry (plural sand cherries)
plural sand cherries
- Prunus pumila, a North American cherry in the rose family, growing in sandy locations.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit
Similar
Prunus pumilaPrunus pumilla susquehanaePrunus susquehanaePrunus cuneata
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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APA
sand cherry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20cherry
MLA
“sand cherry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20cherry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sand cherry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20cherry.
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