Heart Cherry (Noun)
Meaning 1
Any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Large heart-shaped sweet cherry with soft flesh.
Classification
Nouns denoting foods and drinks.
Examples
- The farmer carefully plucked a ripe heart cherry from the tree and handed it to the child.
- She bit into the heart cherry and was delighted by its sweetness and tender texture.
- Heart cherries are often eaten fresh or used in salads, where their unique shape and flavor can be showcased.
- The recipe called for a cup of pitted heart cherries to be added to the fruit compote.
- During cherry season, the roadside stands overflow with crates of juicy heart cherries.