black cherry

noun

1

: a large cherry (Prunus serotina) of eastern and central North America having drooping clusters of small white flowers and astringent black or dark purple fruits

also : the fruit

2

: the strong reddish-brown wood of the black cherry used especially for cabinetwork

Examples of black cherry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Launching today, Backstretch Bourbon Cherry is a bourbon ice cream blended with black cherries and praline pecans. —Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026

The 2022 Poetry is stunning with aromas of red raspberry, black cherry, and dark chocolate that transition to full-on flavors of blackberry, plum, and black licorice. —Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2026

The Eola-Amity Hills, also volcanic, skews darker: cassis, blackberry, black cherry. —Michelle Williams, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026

There will be ice cream, of course, in a variety of flavors, including the basics (chocolate and vanilla) the most popular (Oreo cookie), your grandma’s favorites (butter pecan and rum raisin), fun for fruit lovers (strawberry, blueberry, black cherry) and a pistachio flavor made with whole nuts. —Connie Ogle updated February 9, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1720, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for black cherry

• askari
• astbury
• azeri
• banbury
• barberry
• blackberry
• blueberry
• canary
• cranberry
• dentary
• dewberry
• dogberry