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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
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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)
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