Origin: 1300-1400 Old North French cherise (taken as plural), from Latin cerasus cherry tree, from Greek kerasos
1 [countable] a small dark red round fruit with a long thin stem and a large seed: a bunch of cherries cherry pie2a) (also cherry tree) [countable] the tree on which this fruit growsb)[uncountable] the wood of this tree, used for making furniture3 (also cherry red) [uncountable] a bright red color4the cherry on (the) top informal something additional that you did not expect, that is nice to have [Origin: 1300–1400 Old North French cherise (taken as plural), from Latin cerasus cherry tree, from Greek kerasos]