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(n): the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

(n): any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

(n): tree bearing edible fruit

(n): a red fruit with a single hard stone

(n): edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh

(n): fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube

(n): a red the color of ripe cherries

(n): red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

(adj): of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

(adj): vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue

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about 1 month ago yarb said:

...all the while, her masts and yards were thickly clustered with men, as three tall cherry trees, when the boys are cherrying among the boughs.

- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 128

2 months ago johnmperry said:

also virginity

6 months ago sionnach said:

Neil Diamond: "Cherry, Cherry".

7 months ago Treeseed said:

slang term meaning mint, original or virginal condition...also meaning excellent

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