Cherry

:For the German keyboard and switch manufacturer, see Cherry Corporation.

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Several, including:

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Prunus apetala

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Prunus avium

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Prunus campanulata

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Prunus canescens

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Prunus cerasus

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Prunus concinna

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Prunus conradinae

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Prunus dielsiana

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Prunus emarginata

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Prunus fruticosa

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Prunus incisa

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Prunus litigiosa

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Prunus mahaleb

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Prunus maximowiczii

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Prunus nipponica

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Prunus pensylvanica

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Prunus pilosiuscula

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Prunus rufa

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Prunus sargentii

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Prunus serrula

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Prunus serrulata

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Prunus speciosa

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Prunus subhirtella

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Prunus tomentosa

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A cherry (originally "cherise" reinterpreted as a plural, from the Old French word, in turn from Latin cerasum) is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe with a single hard stone enclosing the seed. The cherry belongs to the family Rosaceae, genus Prunus (along with almonds, peaches, plums, apricots and bird cherries). The cherries belong in subgenus Cerasus, distinguished from the rest of the genus by having the flowers in small corymbs of several together (not singly, nor in racemes), and in the fruit being smooth and not having a groove along one side. The subgenus is native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with two species in North America, three in Europe, and the remainder in Asia.

Related Topics:
Old French - Tree - Fruit - Drupe - Seed - Rosaceae - Prunus - Almond - Peach - Plum - Apricot - Bird cherries - Flower - Corymb - Raceme - Northern Hemisphere - North America - Europe - Asia

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