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cherry
cherry name for several species of trees or shrubs of the genus Prunus (a few are sometimes classed as Padus ) of the family Rosaceae ( rose family) and for their fruits. The small, round red to black fruits are botanically designated drupes, or stone fruits, as are those of the closely related... Read more
Alexander Montgomerie
Alexander Montgomerie , c.1556-c.1610, Scottish poet. His principal poem, The Cherry and the Sloe (1597), is a pedestrian and ambiguous allegory that enjoyed considerable popularity in its time. Montgomerie's other work includes a verse polemic against Home of Polwarth, 70 sonnets, and miscellaneo... Read more
Alfred Edgar Coppard
Alfred Edgar Coppard , 1878-1957, English author. Almost entirely self-educated, he worked at several clerical positions. His tales, written in a poetic and fanciful vein, include Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (1921), Nixey's Harlequin (1931), and Dark-eyed Lady (1947). He also wrote lyric verse t... Read more
Yamanashi
Yamanashi , prefecture (1990 pop. 852,980), 1,724 sq mi (4,465 sq km), central Honshu, Japan. Kofu is the capital. The mountainous region is drained by the Fuji River. Yamanashi is a major producer of raw silk and fruit (grapes, peaches, apples, and cherries). Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park is ther... Read more
The Dalles
The Dalles , city (1990 pop. 11,060), seat of Wasco co., N Oreg., on the Columbia River; inc. 1857. It is a busy inland port; ships passing through the locks at Bonneville Dam (c.50 mi/80 km downstream) can tie up at The Dalles and proceed upstream through the locks of The Dalles Dam. A processing a... Read more
Traverse City
Traverse City city (1990 pop. 15,155), seat of Grand Traverse co., N Mich., at the head of the West Arm of Grand Traverse Bay, in a resort and cherry-growing region; inc. 1881. Tourism and food processing are major industries, and transportation equipment and consumer goods are manufactured. Protes... Read more
buckthorn
buckthorn common name for some members of the Rhamnaceae, a family of woody shrubs, small trees, and climbing vines widely distributed throughout the world. The buckthorns (several species of the genus Rhamnus ) and the jujube ( Ziziphus jujuba ) are cultivated for their ornamental foliage. The ju... Read more
Alla Nazimova
Alla Nazimova , 1879-1945, Russian-American actress. She turned from music to drama, studying with Stanislavsky and later appearing at the Moscow Art Theater . In 1905 she emigrated to New York City and played Russian roles in her native tongue. She made her English-speaking debut (1906) in Ibsen... Read more
waxwing
waxwing any of three species of perching songbirds of the Northern Hemisphere. Waxwings have crests (raised only in alarm) and sleek brownish-gray plumage with flecks of red pigment resembling sealing wax on the wings and a yellow band on the tail tip. The cedar waxwing, called cherry bird and ceda... Read more
Mason Locke Weems
Mason Locke Weems 1759-1825, American author and preacher, b. Anne Arundel co., Md., studied theology in London. He was ordained in 1784 and served various Episcopal parishes. For 30 years after 1794 he was a traveling agent for Mathew Carey, bookseller and publisher. Parson Weems is chiefly known ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Cherries"

Coffee Plant
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science ...join the branches. Clusters of fruit, called cherries, follow the flowers. The cherries are green while developing and growing. The...change to yellow, and then to red when the cherries are mature, and deep crimson when ripe and...
SIC 0175 Deciduous Tree Fruits
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...fruits, specifically apples, apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, pears, persimmons...temperate fruits include apples, pears, and cherries. Both categories need a certain, short...as many as 1,000 hours. Apples and cherries generally need more than that. An inadequate...
cherry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...from two species— P. avium (sweet cherries) and P. cerasus (sour cherries). Both are believed to be native to Asia Minor...mentioned in the writings of the ancients. Sour cherries are hardier and more easily grown than sweet...
Cherry Bark
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Cherry bark Description Cherries are members of the botanical genus...the Rosaceae (or rose) family. Cherries can be a shrub or a tree, and are...mountain region between Europe and Asia. Cherries are divided into two broad groups...
Poetry
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...celebrating wheat, millet, barley, plums, cherries, dates, melons, gourds, beans, garlic...beauty and sexuality compared to melons, cherries, and grapes. Food is also an important...which includes pheasant, carp, eels, cherries, plums, figs, grapes, quinces, apricots...
Melatonin
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...day. A researcher reported in 2002 that cherries, especially tart varieties, are very rich...recommended choosing firm, plump, shiny cherries with green stems and avoiding those cherries that have become soft or developed
Offer
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...immediately. Also have Grade A Fancy Cherries." If the retailer writes back, "Will...Pears and 10 bushels of Grade A Fancy Cherries", a court may find that a contract had been created for the sale of pears and cherries. Courts find offer and acceptance more...
Belladonna
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...more commonly known as deadly night-shade, Atropa belladonna, devil's cherries, devil's herb, divale, dwale, dwayberry, great morel, naughty man's cherries, and poison black cherry, is a perennial herb that has been valued for its...
Erie: Economy
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...Agriculture is still a viable industry; Erie County produces cherries and grapes. Items and goods produced: plastics products...pipe equipment, motors, diesel engines, paper, grapes, cherries Incentive Programs—New and Existing Companies Local...
market gardening
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Richard Harris, had an orchard in Teynham (Kent) producing cherries, pears, and pippins (eating apples), said to have been...Kent) many gardens ‘convenient for to convey the cherries to London’ by water. As the larger provincial towns...

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cherry
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...something pleasant and desirable. bowl of cherries a very pleasant or enjoyable situation...title ‘Life is just a bowl of cherries’ by Lew Brown (1893–...recording the tradition that a good crop of cherries is a promising sign for the year. The...
Prunus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences Prunus ( plums , cherries ; family Rosaceae ) A genus of trees and shrubs whose flowers have...stony inner wall and a fleshy outer one. Many kinds of plums and cherries are cultivated for their fruits, and other species are grown for...
maraschino
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition maraschino 1. Sweetened spirit prepared by distillation of fermented maraschino cherries (both the juice and the crushed kernels). 2. Cherries preserved in real or imitation maraschino liqueur, used to decorate cocktails, ice cream, or fruit salad.
Bob
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms ...Bob a knot or bunch of hair, hence, a bunch or cluster of leaves, flowers, fruit, etc. See also , , . Examples: bob of cherries, 1460; of flowers, 1570; of fruit; of grapes, 1400; of hair, 1680; of hawthorn, 1807; of leaves, 1570; of primroses...
jubilee
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...remission from the penal consequences of sin, granted by the Roman Catholic Church under certain conditions for a year, usually at intervals of twenty-five years. • adj. (of desserts) flambé: cherries jubilee.
adventitious
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...adventitious population. ∎  Biol. formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position: propagation of sour cherries by adventitious shoots. ∎  Bot. (of a root) growing directly from the stem or other upper part of a...
brown rot
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences ...fruit caused by fungi of the genus Sclerotinia (usually S. fructigena ). Fruits susceptible to it include apples, pears, cherries, plums, etc. Initially, soft brown patches appear on the fruit, often at a site of injury, and these gradually spread...
drupe
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology ...protective endocarp (see pericarp ) of the fruit. Thus the stone of a peach is the endocarp containing the seed. Plums, cherries, coconuts, and almonds are other examples of one-seeded drupes; holly and elder fruits are examples of many-seeded drupes...
pits
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition pits Stones from cherries, plums, peaches, apricots. Oil extracted from these pits is used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, for canning sardines, and as table oil. The press cake left behind contains amygdalin .
montmorency, à la
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition montmorency, à la Sweet dishes and cakes which include cherries.

Thesaurus entries related to "Cherries"

cake
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...cream pie bread pudding brown Betty buche de Noel Bundt cake carrot cake cassata Charlotte Russe cheesecake cherries in the snow cherries jubilee chocolate pudding chocolate fondue clafoutis cobbler coffee cake compote coupe crème br...

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Cherries Emerge as the New Antioxidant Superfruit.
PR Newswire; 2/6/2007; 700+ words ; ...Array of Surprising Health Benefits of Cherries NEW YORK, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire...surprisingly similar amounts of antioxidants: cherries. A growing body of scientific research shows that tart cherries -- which are available year-round...
Cherries for Terry Campbell
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 7/12/2006; ; 544 words ; Using sweet cherries When selecting sweet cherries, look for fruit that has green stems, is plump and is well...golden color for the Rainier). 1 pound of fresh sweet cherries is equivalent to: 80 cherries 2 cups sliced cherries 11...
Tart Cherries Provide Natural and Tasty Alternative to Supplements for Arthritis Sufferers.
PR Newswire; 5/9/2007; 700+ words ; ...Diagnosed with Arthritis Could Benefit from Cherries to Help Soothe Their Symptoms During National...you may be better off adding foods like cherries to your diet than spending money on pills. Tart cherries (the variety sold as dried, frozen and...
Ground cherries; midwest tradition that few have tasted.
Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH); 8/14/2007; 700+ words ; ...Byline: Kathie Smith Aug. 14--Ground cherries are a Midwest tradition that few people...Swamp Benefit Bazaar in June. Ground cherries are a sweet, but slightly acidic fruit...tomatillo, which is green, except ground cherries are a yellow berry-like fruit. The...
RED ALERT! CHERRIES ARE READY FOR PICKING.(FOOD)(Recipe)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 6/16/1999; 700+ words ; ...Editor If you're dreaming of fresh sweet cherries, the brief season to take advantage...and the Pacific Northwest. Fresh sweet cherries will be making their way in ever-increasing...laden with bright red sweet and tart cherries and pick their own, most U-pick cherry...
Cherries return to Door County After the disaster of last year, the industry bounces back
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/5/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...very nice crop of both sweet and tart cherries this year," said Jim Seaquist, a partner...more than half of the county's tart cherries and about one-tenth of the lesser- known sweet cherries. Wisconsin expects to harvest 8.3 million...
Tart cherries make pie with pain relief
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 7/24/2005; ; 700+ words ; Tart cherries, beloved of piemakers, are recently...inflammatory ailments. Scientists credit cherries' huge antioxidant values - higher than prunes, blueberries and strawberries. Cherries also inhibit the COX-2 enzyme, which...
Cherries on My Mind
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 6/21/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...Post 06-21-1996 Everyone loves cherries. King Solomon sang of their beauty...his presidency if not to a bowl of cherries, then to the fact that he chopped down a cherry tree. Although cherries have been adored by a host of well...
Cherries.(Super FOODS)
Magazine article from: Life Extension; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...evidence suggests that delicious tart cherries offer powerful pain relief and may also...or in canned or juiced forms, tart cherries are rich in nutritive compounds and powerful...flavonoids called anthocyanins provides tart cherries with their characteristic flavor, deep...
Cherries: with a longer in-stock season cherries have become a mainstay of the produce department. Roger Pepperl, marketing director of Stemilt Growers, believes that supermarkets can use cherries as a shopper draw.(PRODUCE/FLORAL)(Advertisement)
Magazine article from: Grocery Headquarters; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...retailers to sell larger, high quality cherries at retail prices that reflect the value...Bakersfield locations in California bringing cherries to market as early as late April and...desires. Maximizing ads between Dark Sweet Cherries and Rainier Cherries (yellow with blush...