For forms see CHERRY sb. and TREE. The tree that bears cherries.

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[c. 1000.  Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, Cerasus, cyrstreow.]

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c. 1400.  Maundev., IV. 22. As it were of Plombtrees or of Cherietrees.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 72. Cherytre, cerasus.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, I. 448. Before the time that L. Lucullus defeated K. Mithridates, there were no cherrie-trees in Italy.

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1883.  G. Lloyd, Ebb & Flow, II. 240. A lovely wild cherry-tree in blossom.

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