cherry

cherry
    adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
           orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
           tomatoes or rubies [syn: {red}, {reddish}, {ruddy},
           {blood-red}, {carmine}, {cerise}, {cherry}, {cherry-red},
           {crimson}, {ruby}, {ruby-red}, {scarlet}]
    n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black
         cherry
    2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
       round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
       valuable hardwood [syn: {cherry}, {cherry tree}]
    3: a red fruit with a single hard stone
    4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: {cerise}, {cherry},
       {cherry red}]
    

Bob \Bob\, v. i.
   1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up
      and down; to play loosely against anything. "Bobbing and
      courtesying." --Thackeray.
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   2. To angle with a bob. See {Bob}, n., 2 & 3.
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            He ne'er had learned the art to bob
            For anything but eels.                --Saxe.
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   {To bob at an apple}, {cherry}, etc. to attempt to bite or
      seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round
      fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a
      tug of water.
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Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), a.
   Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry
   lip; cherry cheeks.
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Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr.
   F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L.
   cerasus Cherry tree, Gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
   from the hardness of the wood.]
   1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus {Prunus} (Which also
      includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
      stone;
      (a) The common garden cherry ({Prunus Cerasus}), of which
          several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
          fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
          black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke
          (corrupted from M['e]doc in France).
      (b) The wild cherry; as, {Prunus serotina} (wild black
          cherry), valued for its timber; {Prunus Virginiana}
          (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears
          astringent fruit; {Prunus avium} and {Prunus Padus},
          European trees (bird cherry).
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   2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
      and flavors.
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   3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
      used in cabinetmaking, etc.
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   4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
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   {Barbadoes cherry}. See under {Barbadoes}.

   {Cherry bird} (Zool.), an American bird; the cedar bird; --
      so called from its fondness for cherries.

   {Cherry bounce}, cherry brandy and sugar.

   {Cherry brandy}, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
      

   {Cherry laurel} (Bot.), an evergreen shrub ({Prunus
      Lauro-cerasus}) common in shrubberies, the poisonous
      leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
      

   {Cherry pepper} (Bot.), a species of {Capsicum} ({Capsicum
      cerasiforme}), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
      cherry-shaped fruit.

   {Cherry pit}.
      (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
          hole. --Shak.
      (b) A cherry stone.

   {Cherry rum}, rum in which cherries have been steeped.

   {Cherry sucker} (Zool.), the European spotted flycatcher
      ({Musicapa grisola}); -- called also {cherry chopper}
      {cherry snipe}.

   {Cherry tree}, a tree that bears cherries.

   {Ground cherry}, {Winter cherry}, See {Alkekengi}.
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Cherry, IL (village, FIPS 12970)
  Location: 41.42956 N, 89.21361 W
  Population (1990): 487 (199 housing units)
  Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    

Cherry, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
   Population (2000):    509
   Housing Units (2000): 220
   Land area (2000):     0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.538056 sq. miles (1.393559 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            12970
   Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
   Location:             41.426628 N, 89.212422 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Cherry, IL
    Cherry
    

Cherry -- U.S. County in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    6148
   Housing Units (2000): 3220
   Land area (2000):     5960.522867 sq. miles (15437.682699 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    49.019880 sq. miles (126.960902 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6009.542747 sq. miles (15564.643601 sq. km)
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             42.651785 N, 101.147203 W
   Headwords:
    Cherry
    Cherry, NE
    Cherry County
    Cherry County, NE