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/ˈɪndiən tʃˈɛri/ Listen

Indian cherry

noun

Deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn. Synonyms: Carolina buckthorn, Rhamnus carolinianus.

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... The other kind bears plums of the colour of an unripe cherry, and these are so tart that no body can eat them; but I am of opinion they might be preserved like gooseberries; especially if pains were taken to cultivate them in open grounds. The small cherries, called the Indian cherry, are frequent in this country. Their wood is very beautiful, and their leaves differ in nothing from ...

— History of Louisisana • Le Page Du Pratz

Words linked to "Indian cherry" : buckthorn