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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), possibly of Anatolian origin.
Noun
cerasus f (genitive cerasī); second declension
- cherry tree
- cherry
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “cerasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cerasus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cerasus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “cerasus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cerasus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly