ˈcherry-tree
For forms see cherry n. and tree. The tree which bears cherries.
| [c 1000 ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker, Cerasus, cyrstreow.] c 1400 Maundev. iv. 22 As it were of Plombtrees or of Cherietrees. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 72 Cherytre, cerasus. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 448 Before the time that L. Lucullus defeated K. Mithridates, there were no cherrie-trees in Italy. 1883 Lloyd Ebb & Flow II. 240 A lovely wild cherry-tree in blossom. |