a tree of the species Prunus serotina, having a small fleshy rounded edible fruit containing a hard stone
black cherry in American English
noun
1.
a North American cherry, Prunus serotina, having drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers and bearing a black, sour, edible fruit
2.
the fruit itself
3.
the hard, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture
Word origin
[1720–30, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: arrangement, cordon bleu, joker, personify, saloon