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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

cherry
     adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
           of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
           [syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine,
            cerise, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
            scarlet]
     n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black
          cherry
     2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
        round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
        valuable hardwood [syn: cherry tree]
     3: fruit with a single hard stone
     4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry red]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Bob \Bob\, v. i.
   1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up
      and down; to play loosely against anything. ``Bobbing and
      courtesying.'' --Thackeray.

   2. To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.

            He ne'er had learned the art to bob For anything but
            eels.                                 --Saxe.

   To bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or
      seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round
      fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a
      tug of water.
Cherry \Cher"ry\, n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf.
   AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry
   tree, Gr. ?, perh. fr. ? horn, from the hardness of the
   wood.]
   1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also
      includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
      stone;
      (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which
          several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
          fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
          black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke
          (corrupted from M['e]doc in France).
      (b) The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black
          cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke
          cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent
          fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird
          cherry).

   2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
      and flavors.

   3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
      used in cabinetmaking, etc.

   4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.

   Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes.

   Cherry bird (Zo["o]l.), an American bird; the cedar bird;
      -- so called from its fondness for cherries.

   Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.

   Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
      

   Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergreen shrub (Prunus
      Lauro-cerasus) common in shrubberies, the poisonous
      leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
      

   Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum (C.
      cerasiforme), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
      cherry-shaped fruit.

   Cherry pit.
      (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
          hole. --Shak.
      (b) A cherry stone.

   Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.

   Cherry sucker (Zo["o]l.), the European spotted flycatcher
      (Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper
      cherry snipe.

   Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.

   Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.
Cherry \Cher"ry\ (ch[e^]r"r[y^]), a.
   Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry
   lip; cherry cheeks.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Cherry, IL (village, FIPS 12970)
  Location: 41.42956 N, 89.21361 W
  Population (1990): 487 (199 housing units)
  Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)