Vocabulary : Cherish to Cherry

Cherish : To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid. ;; To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
Cherished : of Cherish
Cherisher : One who cherishes.
Cherishment : Encouragement; comfort.
Cherising : of Cherish

Chermes : See Kermes.
Cherogril : See Cony.
Cherokees : An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.
Cheroot : A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tobacco.
Cherry : A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; ;; 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 Medoc in France). ;; 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). ;; The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors. ;; The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc. ;; A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. ;; Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

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