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Meanings of bird cherry in English

A species of cherry tree which produces edible fruit.

Any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds.

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Examples for "gean"
Examples for "gean"
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The gean isle occupied by Mr. Phoebus was of no inconsiderable dimensions.
Lothair
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You will know the place by the gean trees.
Mr. Standfast
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The small cherry, both black and red, common in gardens, is in Scotland, never in England, termed gean (Fr.
Reminiscences of Scottish Life & Character
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Quivering with terror, and with her strength failing her, poor Gean began to feel hopeless.
Rataplan, a Rogue Elephant; and Other Stories
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And here we must leave Gean.
Rataplan, a Rogue Elephant; and Other Stories
1
As children my girls used to snack on sweet cherry tomatoes.
The Irish Times
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Akash licks its cheek, and sweet cherry blood pleasures his tongue.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
3
The filbert blight belongs with the diseases of the European grape and sweet cherry.
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at t...
4
They are of the Oregon strain of sweet cherry.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
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Then turn the cases right way up and pour over the top a sweet cherry sauce.
The Belgian Cookbook
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Many cultivated fruiting cherry trees are grafted onto wild cherry root stocks.
The Irish Times
2
I am especially interested in persimmons, service-berries, wild cherry, mulberry and elderberry.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 194...
3
To draw the feathered tribe, I planted alder, wild cherry, and grape-vines.
The Harvester
4
Frequently they are spun on swamp willows, box-elder, maple, or wild cherry.
Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin
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Do you see the top of that wild cherry tree over yonder?
The Graymouse Family
Usage of bird cherry in English
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Perhaps we shall find that our bird cherry (Prunus Pennsylvanica) is best suited for our use.
The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 / A Weekly ...
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The smell of soap is mixed with the scent of bird cherry trees from outside her open kitchen window.
The eye of the leopard