Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A species of cherry, Prunus padus or P. avium. Also called
bird-cherry .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.), Scot. A plant of the genus Prunus (
Prunus Padus ); the bird cherry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
species ofcherry native to northernEurope and northernAsia , thebird cherry . - noun Its
bittersweet astringent fruit , readily eaten bybirds andRussians .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small cherry much liked by birds
Etymologies
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hag + berry
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hernesheir commented on the word hagberry
"...readily eaten by birds and Russians." --from the definitions.
November 1, 2011