Cherry (disambiguation)
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The Cherry
Cherry
The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy stone fruit. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium....

is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus.

Cherry may also refer to:

Plants and fruits

  • Barbados cherry or acerola, Malpighia glabra (family Malpighiaceae) and its fruit
  • Surinam cherry
    Surinam Cherry
    The Surinam Cherry, Brazilian Cherry, or Cayenne Cherry is a plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to tropical America. Known as Pitanga throughout Brazil or Ñangapirí in surrounding countries, it is a large shrub or small tree with a conical form, growing slowly to 8 meters in height...

    , Eugenia uniflora (family Myrtaceae) and its fruit
  • Jamaican or Malayan cherry, Muntingia calabura (family Muntingiaceae
    Muntingiaceae
    Muntingiaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to the rosid order Malvales. It is a small family which consists of three monotypic genera: Dicraspidia, Muntingia and Neotessmannia. They are woody plants of the tropical regions of America. The older Cronquist System places these genera in...

    ) and its fruit

Surname

  • Apsley Cherry-Garrard
    Apsley Cherry-Garrard
    Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard was an English explorer of Antarctica. He was a survivor of the Terra Nova Expedition and is acclaimed for his historical account of this expedition, The Worst Journey in the World....

     (1886-1959), British explorer
  • Byron Cherry
    Byron Cherry
    Byron Cherry is an actor. He portrayed Coy Duke, one of the new Duke Boys, in the 1982-1983 season of The Dukes of Hazzard, replacing John Schneider's Bo Duke character.-The Dukes of Hazzard:...

     (born 1955), American actor
  • Caroline Janice Cherry (born 1942), American science fiction author, who writes under the nom de plume C.J. Cherryh
  • Célena Cherry
    Célena Cherry
    Célena Cherry is the lead singer of the 1990s UK girl group, Honeyz.-Solo career:...

     (born 1977), British singer
  • Colin Cherry
    Colin Cherry
    Edward Colin Cherry was a British cognitive scientist whose main contributions were in focused auditory attention, specifically regarding the cocktail party problem. This concerns the problem of following only one conversation while many other conversations are going on around us...

     (1914-1979), British cognitive scientist
  • Don Cherry
    Don Cherry
    Don Cherry may refer to:* Don Cherry hockey player, coach, and commentator* Don Cherry , trumpeter* Don Cherry...

     (born 1934), Canadian ice hockey coach
  • Don Cherry (jazz)
    Don Cherry (jazz)
    Donald Eugene Cherry was an innovative African-American jazz cornetist whose career began with a long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. He went on to live in many parts of the world and work with a wide variety of musicians.-Biography:Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and...

     (1936-1995), American trumpeter
  • Don Cherry (singer/golfer)
    Don Cherry (singer/golfer)
    Donald Ross Cherry is an American singer of traditional pop music, best known for his 1955 hit, "Band of Gold"; and a former amateur and professional golfer.-Biography:...

     (born 1924), American singer
  • Eagle-Eye Cherry
    Eagle-Eye Cherry
    Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry is a Swedish musician of African-American descent.-Life and career:Cherry was born in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of African American jazz artist Don Cherry and Swedish painter/textile artist Monika "Moki" Cherry . He is half-brother of singer Neneh Cherry, his mother's...

     (born 1971), Swedish-born American musician
  • Francis Cherry (diplomat)
    Francis Cherry (diplomat)
    Sir Francis Cherry was the English ambassador to the Court of Russia from April 1598 to 23 March 1599.Queen Elizabeth knighted Cherry “for faithful and gallant service” at Chatham on 4 July 1604. He became the founder of the Cherry line at Camberwell....

     (1552-1605), British diplomat
  • Francis Cherry
    Francis Cherry
    Francis Adams Cherry was the 35th Governor of Arkansas, elected as a Democrat for a single two-year term from 1953 to 1955. He was only the second governor in Arkansas history to have been denied a second term—the first was Tom Jefferson Terral, who was defeated in 1926. After the...

     (1908-1965), American politician
  • Gladys Cherry
    Gladys Cherry
    Gladys Cherry was a survivor of the Titanic disaster.- Major highlights :Gladys Cherry was born in Greenwich, England, as the third and last child of J. F. Cherry and his wife, Lady Emily Cherry , the daughter of Mary Elizabeth, 18th Countess of Rothes...

     (1881-1965), British Titanic survivor
  • Gregg Cherry (1891-1957), American politician
  • Helen Cherry
    Helen Cherry
    Helen Cherry was an English stage and film actress.-Career:Helen Mary Cherry was born at Thurgarton, Worsley, Lancashire, the daughter of John William Cherry, a works manager then serving as a captain in the 45th Provisional Battalion, and his wife, Annie Nall.Educated in Harrogate, Helen Cherry...

     (1915-2001), British actress
  • Jake Cherry
    Jake Cherry
    Jake Cherry is an American teen actor who appeared as Nick Daley in Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and as Edie Britt's son Travers McLain in Desperate Housewives. His film debut was alongside Jennifer Aniston in Friends with Money...

     (born 1996), American actor
  • John D. Cherry
    John D. Cherry
    John D. Cherry was the 60th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan from 2003 to 2011. Cherry served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, and was the immediate past chair of the international Great Lakes Commission .Cherry was an announced...

     (born 1951), American politician
  • Kelly Cherry
    Kelly Cherry
    Kelly Cherry is an author, poet, and the Poet Laureate of Virginia,. A resident of Halifax, Virginia, she was named the state's Poet Laureate by Governor Bob McDonnell in July 2010...

     (born 1940), American writer
  • Kittredge Cherry
    Kittredge Cherry
    Kittredge Cherry is an American author and a priest of Metropolitan Community Church.- Life :Cherry studied at journalism and art history at the University of Iowa...

    , American writer and priest
  • Lynne Cherry
    Lynne Cherry
    Lynne Cherry is an American writer and illustrator of nature-themed children's books and a film producer. In 2009 she was designated a Women's History Month Honoree by the National Women's History Project....

     (born 1952), American writer
  • Marc Cherry
    Marc Cherry
    Marc Cherry is an American writer and producer, best known for creating the show Desperate Housewives.-Early life and career:...

     (born 1962), American writer and producer
  • Neneh Cherry
    Neneh Cherry
    Neneh Mariann Cherry is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, and occasional DJ and broadcaster...

     (born 1964), Swedish musician
  • Travis Cherry
    Travis Cherry
    Travis Cherry is a two-time Grammy nominated American music producer, musician and songwriter. He has worked with artists such as Bone Thugs and Harmony, Keith Sweat, Jennifer Lopez, and J. Holiday. His work appears on the Gold selling album Back of My Lac' by J. Holiday and on Jennifer Lopez's...

     (born 1975), American musician
  • Trevor Cherry
    Trevor Cherry
    Trevor John Cherry is a former England and Leeds United footballer who also captained his country. He was a defender who also played for Huddersfield Town and Bradford City, and managed the latter club....

     (born 1948), English football player
  • Wayne Cherry
    Wayne Cherry
    Wayne K Cherry is a noted American car designer is responsible for the conversion of Opel-style lines into the British Vauxhall or American counterparts for General Motors...

     (born 1937), American car designer

First name

  • Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
    Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
    Cherry Chevapravatdumrong is a Thai American author, and an executive story editor/co-producer on Family Guy....

    , American screenwriter
  • Cherry Logan Emerson (chemist)
    Cherry Logan Emerson (chemist)
    Cherry Logan Emerson, Jr. was an American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist.-Life:Cherry Logan Emerson, Jr. was born in 1916 and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Cherry Logan Emerson, Sr., the dean of engineering at the Georgia Tech, and the grandson of William Henry Emerson,...

     (1916-2007), American chemist
  • Cherry Hood
    Cherry Hood
    Cherry Hood is an Australian artist, and sometimes a portraitist. She won the 2002 Archibald Prize for her portrait, Simon Tedeschi Unplugged.- Biography :...

     (born 1960), Australian artist
  • Cherry Jones
    Cherry Jones
    Cherry Jones is an American actress and recipient of the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama Series and the 2005 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.-Career:...

     (born 1956), American actress
  • Cherry Kearton
    Cherry Kearton
    Cherry Kearton was born in the small Yorkshire Dales village of Thwaite, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, and was one of the world's earliest wildlife photographers and writers. He first married Mary Burwood Coates, with whom he had a son, also named Cherry, and a daughter, Nina. He later...

     (1871-1940), British photographer
  • Cherry Smith
    Cherry Smith
    Cherry Smith was a backing vocalist for the original Wailers from 1963 to 1966.Smith was also called Cherry Green , but was born Ermine Ortense Bramwell in the Trench Town district of Kingston. She was nicknamed "Cherry" as a girl due to her light complexion...

     (1943-2008), American vocalist
  • Cherry Vanilla
    Cherry Vanilla
    Cherry Vanilla is an American singer-songwriter, publicist, and actress. After working as an actress in Andy Warhol's Pork, she worked as a publicist for David Bowie, before finding fame as a rock singer. She subsequently became a publicist for Vangelis.-Career:Kathleen Dorritie was born in...

     (born 1943), American singer
  • Cherry Wilder
    Cherry Wilder
    Cherry Wilder was the pseudonym of science fiction and fantasy writer Cherry Barbara Grimm, née Lockett, who was born in Auckland, New Zealand....

     (1930-2002), New Zealand writer

Places

United States
  • Cherry, Illinois
    Cherry, Illinois
    Cherry is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 509 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area...

  • Cherry, West Virginia
    Cherry, West Virginia
    Cherry is an unincorporated community in Wirt County, West Virginia, United States. Its elevation is 679 feet ....

  • Cherry County, Nebraska
    Cherry County, Nebraska
    Cherry County is unusual in being split between two time zones, Mountain Time and Central Time. The lines between the two runs roughly north to south along the eastern third of the county. Cherry County is also the location of the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, the Fort Niobrara National...

  • Cherry Fork, Ohio
    Cherry Fork, Ohio
    Cherry Fork is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 127 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cherry Fork is located at ....

  • Cherry Hill (disambiguation)
  • Cherry River, West Virginia
  • Cherry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
    Cherry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania
    Cherry Township is a township in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,053 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...

  • Cherry Township, Minnesota
    Cherry Township, Minnesota
    Cherry Township is a township in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 860 at the 2010 census.-Transportation:State Highway 37 serves as a main arterial route in the township.-Notable people:...

  • Cherry Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
    Cherry Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
    Cherry Township is a township in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,718 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.Cherry Township is bordered by...

  • Cherry Tree, Oklahoma
    Cherry Tree, Oklahoma
    Cherry Tree is a census-designated place in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,202 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cherry Tree is located at ....

  • Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania
    Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania
    Cherry Tree is a borough in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 443 at the 2000 census.-History:Cherry Tree is situated mostly in a valley near the headwaters of West Branch of the Susquehanna River where the river is fed by Cush Cushion Creek.Cherry Tree was originally...

  • Cherry Valley, New York

United Kingdom
  • Cherry Willingham
    Cherry Willingham
    Cherry Willingham is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies approximately four miles outside the city of Lincoln. Neighbouring villages are Reepham, Nettleham and Fiskerton....

    , Lincoln, England

Entertainment

  • Cherry 2000
    Cherry 2000
    Cherry 2000 is a 1987 science fiction cult film starring Melanie Griffith and David Andrews.-Plot :In the year 2017, robotic technology has made tremendous developments. Business executive Sam Treadwell's "Cherry 2000" android , short circuits during a make out session on the wet kitchen floor...

    , 1987 science fiction film
  • Cherry (album)
    Cherry (album)
    Cherry is a 1972 album by saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring Milt Jackson.-Track listing:# "Speedball" – 6:39# "I Remember You" – 5:10# "The Revs" – 7:46...

    , 1972 album by Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson
  • Cherry Ames
    Cherry Ames
    Cherry Ames is the central character in a series of 27 mystery novels with hospital settings published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1943 and 1968. Helen Wells wrote volumes #1-7 and 17-27, and Julie Campbell Tatham , the creator of Trixie Belden, wrote volumes #8-16. Wells also created the Vicki...

    , fictional character in a series of novels by Helen Wells and Julie Campbell Tatham
  • Cherry (band), 1990s Australian girl group
  • Cherry (2012 film)
    Cherry (2012 film)
    Cherry is an upcoming drama film and the directorial debut of Stephen Elliot. It is based on a script penned by Elliot and porn industry veteran, Lorelei Lee. It stars Ashley Hinshaw, James Franco, Heather Graham and Dev Patel...

    , an upcoming film
  • Cherry Poptart, adult comic book series
  • Cherry Red
    Cherry Red
    Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...

    , British record label
  • Cherry (song), 2007 song by Yui
  • Cherry, former name of American music duo Ratatat
    Ratatat
    Ratatat is a New York City electronic music duo consisting of Mike Stroud and producer Evan Mast .-History:Evan Mast and Mike Stroud first met as students at Skidmore College, but they did not work together until 2001, when they recorded several songs under the name "Cherry"...

  • CherryDisc Records
    CherryDisc Records
    CherryDisc Records was a Boston-based independent record label in the mid- to late-1990s. It gained notoriety by moving acts such as Letters to Cleo, Big Catholic Guilt, Smackmelon, Tracy Bonham, The Sheila Divine, Quintaine Americana, and Semisonic on to major labels.Cherrydisc was founded in 1991...

    , American record label
  • Cherrytree Records
    Cherrytree Records
    Cherrytree Records is an American record label and is an imprint of Interscope Records.-History:Cherrytree Records was founded in 2005 by Martin Kierszenbaum, being German for cherry tree...

    , American record label
  • Kara Drew
    Kara Drew
    Kara Elizabeth Drew is a former American professional wrestler and valet, better known by her ring name Cherry. She is best known for working in World Wrestling Entertainment as the manager of former Tag Team Champions, Deuce 'n Domino, and as a performer for its SmackDown brand.After becoming...

    , female wrestler formerly known as Cherry

Slang

  • A slang term for the hymen or virginity
    Virginity
    Virginity refers to the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. There are cultural and religious traditions which place special value and significance on this state, especially in the case of unmarried females, associated with notions of personal purity, honor and worth...

    , and as a result any state of new-ness. a 'cherry' automobile is one that is new, or at least appears new.
  • "The Cherries", nickname of English football team A.F.C. Bournemouth
    A.F.C. Bournemouth
    A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....

  • A slang term for the burning ash on the end of a lit cigarette
    Cigarette
    A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...

     (i.e., "I flicked my cigarette too hard and the cherry fell off.")

Other uses

  • Cherry (keyboards), German keyboard manufacturer
  • Chery Automobile
    Chery Automobile
    Chery Automobile Co Ltd is a state-owned automobile manufacturer in the People's Republic of China.Chery became the 7th most-productive Chinese vehicle manufacturer in 2010, selling nearly 700,000 units.-History:...

    , Chinese auto maker
  • Nissan Cherry
    Nissan Cherry
    The E10 generation featured four-wheel independent suspension.The E10 was fitted with two types of inline four-cylinder Nissan A-series OHV engines:* 988 cc A10* 1171 cc A12...

    , Japanese automobile model

See also

  • Cherie (disambiguation)
    Cherie (disambiguation)
    Cherie may refer to;*A stage name of Cyndi Almouzni, French singerIn given names:*Cherie Blair , English barrister who, since 1980, has been married to British Prime Minister Tony Blair *Cherie K...

  • Cerise (disambiguation)
  • Cherrie
    Cherrie
    Cherrie is a surname or given name, and may refer to:* Cherrie Ying , actress* George Kruck Cherrie , American naturalist and explorer* Peter Cherrie , Scottish football goalkeeper...

  • Chery (disambiguation)
  • Cherry Hill (disambiguation)
  • Cherry Cola
    Cherry Cola
    Cherry cola is a soft drink made by mixing cherry flavored syrup into cola. It is a popular mixture that has been available at old-fashioned soda fountains for years. Several major soda manufacturers market their own version of the beverage, including Coca-Cola Cherry, Pepsi Wild Cherry and Cherry...

  • Cherry top
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