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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"

Cherry Bark
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine Cherry bark Description Cherries are members of the...Europe and Asia. Cherries are divided into...Varieties of the cherry are widely distributed...of sweet and sour cherries, classification of the various cherry types has grown...
cherry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and wild, black cherry. These have smaller...than the cultivated cherries and are seldom used...characteristic of many cherries. The cherry laurel ( P. laurocerasus...larger. For the cherry plum, or myrobalan, see plum . Cherries are classified in...
Cherry Pickers, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Cherry Pickers, The (1896), a play by Joseph...regiment popularly known as “The Cherry Pickers.” His rival for the...Edward Dithmar to note, “ The Cherry Pickers is an honestly made play, and though...
Cherry Hill
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Cherry Hill township (1990 pop. 69,319), Camden co., W central N.J.; name was changed from Delaware township to Cherry Hill in 1961. Largely residential, Cherry Hill has been marked by great development and housing growth...
Japanese flowering cherry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Japanese flowering cherry any of a variety of flowering cherry species native to East Asia.
Cherry Lane Theatre
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Cherry Lane Theatre, New York, in Commerce Street. This early 19th-century building was converted into a theatre in 1924. In 1927...
Jones, Cherry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Jones, Cherry (b. 1956), actress. One of the brightest new acting talents to come out of the last decade of the 20th century, Jones is...
Cherry and the Slae, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Cherry and the Slae, The, see Montgomerie, A.
Jerusalem cherry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Jerusalem cherry see nightshade .
cornelian cherry
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition cornelian cherry see dogwood .

Dictionary entries related to "Cherries"

cherry
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable cherry often taken as...desirable. bowl of cherries a very pleasant...just a bowl of cherries’ by...x2013;1958). cherry on the cake a...biased data. a cherry year, a merry...good crop of cherries is a promising...
Japanese Cherry Trees
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History Japanese Cherry Trees JAPANESE CHERRY TREES, in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C., attract thousands...The city of Tokyo then, in a special nursery, grafted flowering cherry trees onto wild cherry stock, and the trees reached Washington...
cherry, maraschino
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition cherry, maraschino Cherries preserved in maraschino (cherry liqueur ).
cherry, morello
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition cherry, morello A sour cherry ( Prunus cerasus ) that cannot be eaten raw; used for cooking and making liqueurs and jams.
cherry, West Indian
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition cherry, West Indian The fruit of a small bush native to the tropical and sub‐tropical regions of...mg, and the green fruit 3000 mg/100 g. Also known as Barbados or Antilles cherry, acerola.
choke cherry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition choke cherry Sour wild North American cherry, fruit of Prunus virginiana and P. edmissa .
Barbados cherry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Barbados cherry See cherry, West Indian .
glacé cherry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition glacé cherry Cherry preserved in a heavy syrup of sugar and glucose, generally also with added colour. Used in confectionery and fruit cakes. Little or none of the vitamin C remains.
Cherry Ripe
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Cherry Ripe. Setting by C. E. Horn early in 19th cent. of poem by Herrick (1648).
cherry, Peruvian
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition cherry, Peruvian See Cape gooseberry .

Thesaurus entries related to "Cherries"

fruit
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...bael banana banana flower baobab Barbados cherry barberry beach plum bearberry bergamot...fruit blood orange blueberry Brazilian cherry breadfruit buffaloberry cabelluda calamansi...cantaloupe carambola casaba chayote cherimoya cherry Chinese wolfberry chokecherry cherry plum...
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...
candy
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...candied violet candy apple candy buttons candy cane caramel caramel apple caramel corn chewing gum chocolate chocolate covered cherry comfit cotton candy divinity dragée fondant frangipane friandise fruit paste fruit slice fudge ganache gianduia glyko...
red
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus red • adjective   1. a red dress synonyms : scarlet, vermilion, crimson, ruby, cherry, cerise, cardinal, carmine, wine, blood-red; coral, cochineal, rose; brick-red, maroon, rufous; reddish; rusty...
soft drink
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Alcoholic Beverages ambrosia atole batido birch beer bubble tea café au lait café latte cappuccino chai cherry cola chocolate milk cider club soda Coca-Cola™ coconut milk coffee cola cream soda diet Dr. Pepper™...
vegetable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...broccoli rabe broccolini Brussels sprout burdock butternut squash cabbage caper carrot cassava cayenne pepper celeriac celery chard cherry pepper chicory chili pepper Chinese cabbage chive cilantro cluster bean collard green colocasia corn cress cubanelle pepper...
pit
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus pit 2 • noun  cherry pits synonyms : stone, pip, seed.
conserve
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...synonyms : preserve, protect, save, safeguard, keep, look after; sustain, prolong, perpetuate; store, reserve, husband. antonym: squander. • noun  cherry conserve synonyms : jam, preserve, jelly, marmalade.
liquor
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...whiskey rye Scotch whisky/whiskey single malt sour mash usquebaugh Brandy applejack Armagnac™ Calvados™ cherry brandy cognac Courvoisier™ eau-de-vie grappa kirsch marc mirabelle Gin Hollands London gin sloe gin Rum Bacardi...
pie
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...Spain. Pies, Tarts, and Turnovers Pies apple pie banana cream pie bierrock bisteeya black bottom pie bridie buttermilk pie cherry pie chess pie coconut cream pie French silk pie grasshopper pie key lime pie lemon chiffon pie lemon meringue pie millionaire...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

Figured cherry gives fans an exotic option.(Wood of the Month)
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...woodworker Richard Judd sees a great piece of figured cherry, he snatches it up. The Paoli, WI, furnituremaker...fairly confident that anything featuring figured cherry will be a hit with his clients. "Cherry is a very popular wood and I like figured wood...
Cherry: an American tradition for fine furniture. (wood)(includes related article)
Magazine article from: Wood & Wood Products; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...almonds, apricots, peaches and cherries. The Latin name for cherry is Prunus. The evergreen cherries include Prunus lusitanica of Portugal...apricots were Armeniaca; and bird cherries Padus. The laurels or cherry laurels were Lauro-cerasus...
Cherry season can last all year.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/26/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Resort in Bellaire, uses both cherry juice and dried cherries in his signature Traverse Cherry Salmon. At the AAA 4-Diamond...the fall, we can make a dried cherry sauce with venison. And cherries also seem to go well with duck...
CHERRY CENTRAL\ MICHIGAN'S TART-CHERRY HARVEST OFFERS MORE THAN THE MONTMORENCY.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/3/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...plus a handful of dried cherries for twice the cherry goodness. I'm a fan...buttery, oat crust, cherry cola, maraschino cherries, fresh, sweet cherries...cupful of halved, sweet cherries into the usual tart-cherry pie filling. Sounded...
Cherry jubilee: This year's crop is something to celebrate
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 6/23/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...from the Northwest Cherry Growers. Cherries were named after...according to the Cherry Marketing Institute. Because cherries are naturally high...problem with growing cherries for homeowners is the Western cherry fruit fly," said...
Cherry pitfalls
Newspaper article from: Missoulian; 8/2/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...pulling bins of dusty cherries, as frustrated orchard...managing the Flathead Lake Cherry Growers Association...His hands were full of cherries; full of grumpy growers...orchard. "We've got the cherries, we've got the weather...afternoon heat under heavy, cherry-laden branches, many...
A Cherry on Top: Animal Study Suggests Tart Cherries Can Alter Factors Linked to Heart Disease and Diabetes.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 4/29/2007; 700+ words ; ...weight, included 1 percent cherries or 10 percent cherries. The higher cherry dose was used to look for...rats that did not receive cherries. The same was true for those on the 10-percent cherry diet, compared with rats...
Cherries: Such sweet blush.(Food)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/12/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...for 95 percent of the cherries grown in the Northwest cherry states: Washington...world in producing sweet cherries. The Northwest cherry industry was begun by...according to the Northwest Cherry Growers. Cherries are still very popular...
Cherry in Rearing Diet Affects Development of Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Magazine article from: Journal of the American Pomological Society; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...increasing amount of cherry in the diet. Results suggest that cherry fruits contain chemicals...Introduction Sweet cherries, Prunus avium L...compounds (1), cherries maybe nutritionally...development. Also, cherry fruit chemistry may...
Cherry: Elegant and expensive
Magazine article from: FDM; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; Cherry lumber is sawn from the black cherry tree (Prunus serotina), which is a member of the plum family. The cherries are very small, but are edible...made into a beverage called rum cherry. The tree is found from Nova Scotia...