CHEROKEES
Cher`o*kees", n. pl.; sing. Cherokee. (Ethnol.)
Defn: An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.
CHEROOT
Che*root", n. Etym: [Tamil shuruttu, prop., a roll.]
Defn: A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tabacco.
CHERRY Cher"ry, n. Etym: [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from Médoc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).
2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.
3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.
4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. Barbadoes cherry.
See under Barbadoes.
— Cherry bird (Zoöl.), an American bird; the cedar bird; — so
called from its fondness for cherries.
— Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.
— Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
— Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergren shrub (Prunus Lauro-cerasus)
common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor
like that of bitter almonds.
— Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum (C. cerasiforme),
with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit.
— Cherry pit. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into
a hole. Shak. (b) A cherry stone.
— Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.
— Cherry sucker (Zoöl.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa
grisola); — called also cherry chopper cherry snipe. Cherry tree, a
tree that bears cherries.
— Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.