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duke cherry

duke cherry noun: prunus × gondouinii, a hybrid between sweet cherry and sour cherry, generally disadvantageous in durability, yield and marketability.

Noun

duke cherry (plural duke cherries)

  1. Prunus × gondouinii, a hybrid between sweet cherry and sour cherry, generally disadvantageous in durability, yield and marketability.

Forms of duke cherry

pluralduke cherries
alternative formMay duke cherry
alternative formMay-duke cherry
alternative formduke-cherry

Origin of duke cherry

Invented in Médoc.

Questions about duke cherry

What does duke cherry mean?
Duke cherry means prunus × gondouinii, a hybrid between sweet cherry and sour cherry, generally disadvantageous in durability, yield and marketability.
What part of speech is duke cherry?
Duke cherry is a noun.
What is the plural of duke cherry?
The plural of duke cherry is duke cherries.

Words near duke cherry in the dictionary

  1. dukawallahs
  2. duke
  3. Duke blue
  4. Duke blues
  5. duke cherries
  6. duke cherry
  7. Duke City
  8. duke in
  9. duke it out
  10. Duke of Burgundy
  11. Duke of Edinburgh

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