Meanings
plural sour cherries
- Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus, (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, Prunus cerasus, Prunus pseudocerasus, and Prunus cerasoides.
Synonyms: dwarf cherry, tart cherry
- The fruit of these trees, often used for cooking.
Synonyms: dwarf cherry, tart cherry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSpecies of Prunus subg. Cerasus, (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, Prunus cerasus, Prunus pseudocerasus, and Prunus cerasoides.
nounThe fruit of these trees, often used for cooking.
More synonyms by meaning
nounrather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque gingondo, ginga
- gingondoPrunus cerasus
- gingafruit
Bulgarian ви́шна, ви́шна
- ви́шна (víšna)Prunus cerasus
- ви́шна (víšna)fruit
Catalan guinder, guinda
- guinderPrunus cerasus
- guindafruit
Chinese Mandarin 櫻桃樹 /樱桃树, 櫻桃 /樱桃
- 櫻桃樹 /樱桃树 (yīngtáoshù)Prunus cerasus
- 櫻桃 /樱桃 (yīngtáo)fruit
Czech višeň, višně
- višeňPrunus cerasus
- višněfruit
Danish surkirsebær, surkirsebær
- surkirsebærPrunus cerasus
- surkirsebærfruit
Dutch zure kers, morel
- zure kersfruit
- morelfruit
- kriekfruit
Esperanto grioto
- griotofruit
Finnish hapankirsikka, hapankirsikka
- hapankirsikkaPrunus cerasus
- hapankirsikkafruit
French griotte, griotte
- griottePrunus cerasus
- griottefruit
- morellefruit
German Sauerkirsche, Weichsel
- SauerkirschePrunus cerasus
- WeichselPrunus cerasus
- Sauerkirschefruit
- Weichselfruit
Greek βυσσινιά, βύσσινο
- βυσσινιά (vyssiniá)Prunus cerasus
- βύσσινο (výssino)fruit
Hungarian meggyfa, meggy
- meggyfaPrunus cerasus
- meggyfruit
Indonesian kersen, kersen
- kersenPrunus cerasus
- kersenfruit
Irish crann silíní searbha, silín searbh
- crann silíní searbhaPrunus cerasus
- silín searbhfruit
Italian amareno, agriotto
- amarenoPrunus cerasus
- agriottoPrunus cerasus
- amarenafruit
- marascafruit
- visciolafruit
- agriottafruit
Japanese スミミザクラ, スミミザクラ
- スミミザクラ (sumimizakura)Prunus cerasus
- スミミザクラ (sumimizakura)fruit
Persian آلبالو
- آلبالو (âlbâlu)fruit
Polish wiśnia, wiśnia
- wiśniaPrunus cerasus
- wiśniafruit
Portuguese ginjeira, ginja
- ginjeiraPrunus cerasus
- ginjafruit
- amarenafruit
Romanian vișin, vișină
- vișinPrunus cerasus
- vișinăfruit
Russian ви́шня, ви́шня
- ви́шня (víšnja)Prunus cerasus
- ви́шня (víšnja)fruit
Slovak višňa, višňa
- višňaPrunus cerasus
- višňafruit
Spanish guindo, cerezo ácido
- guindoPrunus cerasus
- cerezo ácidoPrunus cerasus
- cerezo de MorelloPrunus cerasus
- guindafruit
Swedish surkörsbär, surkörsbärsträd
- surkörsbärPrunus cerasus
- surkörsbärsträdPrunus cerasus
- surkörsbärfruit
Turkish vişne, vişne
- vişnePrunus cerasus
- vişnefruit
- albalıfruit
- ekşi kirazfruit
Ukrainian ви́шня, ви́шня
- ви́шня (výšnja)Prunus cerasus
- ви́шня (výšnja)fruit
Welsh ceiriosen ddu
- ceiriosen ddufruit
Yiddish ווײַנשלבוים, ווײַנשל
- ווײַנשלבוים (vaynshlboym)Prunus cerasus
- ווײַנשל (vaynshl)fruit
Cite this entry
sour cherry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour%20cherry
“sour cherry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour%20cherry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sour cherry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sour%20cherry.
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