cherries

We have found lemma(root) word of cherries : cherry.

Definitions


[ˈtʃɛri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small, soft round stone fruit that is typically bright or dark red
(e.g: a bowl of cherries)

- the tree that bears the cherry

- a bright deep red colour
(e.g: her mouth was a bright cherry red)

- one's virginity
(e.g: only 3 per cent of the students lost their cherry at college)


Phrases:
- a bite at the cherry
- a bowl of cherries
- pop someone's cherry
- the cherry on the cake

Origin:
Middle English: from Old Northern French cherise, from medieval Latin ceresia, based on Greek kerasos ‘cherry tree, cherry’. The final - s was lost because cherise was interpreted as plural (compare with caper and pea)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries