For forms see CHERRY sb. and TREE. The tree that bears cherries.
[c. 1000. Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, Cerasus, cyrstreow.]
c. 1400. Maundev., IV. 22. As it were of Plombtrees or of Cherietrees.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 72. Cherytre, cerasus.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 448. Before the time that L. Lucullus defeated K. Mithridates, there were no cherrie-trees in Italy.
1883. G. Lloyd, Ebb & Flow, II. 240. A lovely wild cherry-tree in blossom.
