Definition of Pin cherry

1. Noun. Small shrubby North American wild cherry with small bright red acid fruit.

Exact synonyms: Prunus Pensylvanica
Generic synonyms: Bird Cherry, Bird Cherry Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pin Cherry

pin-pointed
pin-pointing
pin-points
pin-prick
pin-pricks
pin-striped
pin-tailed
pin-tailed duck
pin-tailed grouse
pin-tailed sandgrouse
pin amalgam
pin and ligature cutter
pin back
pin bone
pin cherry (current term)
pin clover
pin curl
pin down
pin implant
pin money
pin oak
pin table
pin the tail on the donkey
pin up
pin wrench
pina
pina cloth
pina colada

Literary usage of Pin cherry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"May and June, the food consisting of the leaves of pin-cherry, cherry, peach and plum. Early in July the beetles begin to leave cultivated food..plants. ..."

2. Proceedings for the Eight Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference by M. Boya Edwards (2001)
"pin cherry trees were present on the mesic site unit along with Carolina silverbell ... pin cherry 1 Carolina silverbell 2 Indian cucumber-root Wood-anemone ..."

3. Pamphlets on Forestry in Michigan (1906)
"Species—White pine, two and four years old. Soil—Poor and sandy, hot, dry soil covered with a growth of pin cherry, hard maple and beech of ..."

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