sand cherry

English - English

Definition of sand cherry in English English dictionary

small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit

Related Terms

western sand cherry

dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit

Hyphenation

sand Cher·ry

Turkish pronunciation

sänd çeri

Pronunciation

/ˈsand ˈʧerē/ /ˈsænd ˈʧɛriː/

Etymology

[ 'sand ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German sant sand, Latin sabulum, Greek psammos.