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sour cherry

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
sour cher-ry
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus, (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, Prunus cerasus, Prunus pseudocerasus, and Prunus cerasoides.

noun

The fruit of these trees, often used for cooking.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sour, cherry.

Inflected Forms

sour cherries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Amarelle marasca morello sweet cherry

Synonyms

dwarf cherry tart cherry eugenia corynantha sour cherry tree prunus cerasus

Questions

What does sour cherry mean?
Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus, (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, Prunus cerasus, Prunus pseudocerasus, and Prunus cerasoides.

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