DCHP-3

wild cherry

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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any of several species of cherry, Prunus sp., common in eastern North America; pincherry.

Quotations

1769
. . . the wild cherry, of which the woods are full, is equally charming in flower and in fruit. . . .
1852
C. pennsylvanica, wild red cherry, the Pasis-so-wey-minan of the Chippeways, and Pasi-a­wey-minan of the Crees. produces a small sour red fruit.
1943
The north shore of the pond had sunny and indented banks, where moisture-loving viburnums and wild cherries and the northern hawthorn disputed for sunlight. . . .