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Adjective cherry has 1 sense

red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet - having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)

Noun cherry has 4 senses

cherry - wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry
--₁ is a kind of wood
--₁ is a substance of cherry, cherry tree

cherry, cherry tree - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
--₂ is a kind of fruit tree
--₂ is a member of Prunus, genus Prunus
--₂ has parts: cherry
--₂ has substances: cherry
--₂ has particulars:

wild cherry, wild cherry tree; sweet cherry, Prunus avium; capulin, capulin tree, Prunus capuli; sour cherry, sour cherry tree, Prunus cerasus; Catalina cherry, Prunus lyonii; flowering cherry; chokecherry, chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana

cherry - fruit with a single hard stone
--₃ is a kind of edible fruit; drupe, stone fruit
--₃ is a part of cherry, cherry tree
--₃ has particulars:
sweet cherry, black cherry; capulin, Mexican black cherry; sour cherry
cerise, cherry, cherry red - a red the color of ripe cherries
--₄ is a kind of red, redness