black cherry

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

black′ cher′ry, 

1. Plant Biology a North American cherry, Prunus serotina, having drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers and bearing a black, sour, edible fruit.
2. Plant Biology the fruit itself.
3. Furniture the hard, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
• 1720–30, American.