[Fr.; = ‘heart.’]
† 1. (Also cœur-cherry.) The heart cherry. Obs.
1626. Bacon, Sylva (1651), § 509. The Cœur-Cherry which inclineth more to White, is sweeter than the Red.
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 294. The Cœurs or French Cherries are most cordial.
2. Her. The center or fesse-point of the escutcheon.
