cherry pit
"Cherry pit" refers to the hard, inner seed of a cherry fruit, which is encased within the flesh and can be toxic if ingested in large quantities.
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Definition
B2Culinary
(common)The hard, stony seed inside a cherry fruit.
Example
- Be careful not to bite into the cherry pit while eating the fruit.
- Cherry pits can be used to make cherry pit pillows for therapeutic purposes.
C1Botany
(technical)The endocarp of a cherry, which surrounds the seed and is part of the fruit's reproductive structure.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "cherry pit":
sweet cherrysour cherrycherry orangebird cherrycherry plumwild cherrycherry piecherry redcherry laurelcherry blossompop the cherrystone fruitpit outwild plumcornelian cherry