black cherry

noun

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Definition of black cherry

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

Recent Examples of black cherry from the Web

Amarena: Equipped with gelato recipes from Italy, Amarena stocks its coolers with old favorites such as mint chocolate chip, black cherry, chocolate and more.

— lauren delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Take a break from steamy summer with cool, creamy gelato," 12 July 2018
Using Sonoma Mountain fruit and composed of 99 percent zinfandel (and 1 percent syrah), this one offered plum, tobacco, smoke, black cherry, cocoa, cedar and tangy raspberry, plus 14.5 percent alcohol.

— michael austin, chicagotribune.com, "15 zinfandels to drink with whatever meat you're grilling," 23 May 2018
Plum, smoke, black cherry, vanilla, roasted meat, herbs and cedar notes are all present in this 100 percent varietal from Leelanau Peninsula.

— michael austin, chicagotribune.com, "Explore Michigan's diverse wine scene, one of the country's most exciting developing regions," 5 July 2018
Hilker has American Pillar clambering up a red cedar tree and a Paul’s Himalayan Musk lurking in a black cherry tree.

— adrian higgins, sacbee, "As for beauty and fragrance, the rambler comes up roses," 15 June 2018
This Napa Valley offering gave up strawberry, blueberry, black cherry, vanilla and cedar.

— michael austin, chicagotribune.com, "15 zinfandels to drink with whatever meat you're grilling," 23 May 2018
The black cherry soufflé for dessert was paired with a Jonathan Edwards Zinfandel port, as darkness settled over the beach stretching from the Watch Hill carousel to Misquamicut.

— anthony flint, BostonGlobe.com, "For an otherworldly splurge, beach polo at the Ocean House," 16 May 2018
Trees Available are: blue spruce, white pine, red oak, sugar maple, wild black cherry, and sycamore.

— 'sam' boyer/special to cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "There's a buzz about the new residents at the farm: Whit & whimsey," 27 Apr. 2018
The wine shows black cherry, rose petal and sweet smoke.

— bryce wiatrak, San Francisco Chronicle, "Tasting Notes: The wines of Montebello Road," 28 Feb. 2018

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