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Variety of sour cherry
Answer for the clue "Variety of sour cherry ", 7 letters:
morello
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Word definitions for morello in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Morello \Mo*rel"lo\, n. [Cf. It. morello blackish, OF. morel. Cf. Morelle .] (Bot.) A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A variety of cultivated cherry, ''Prunus cerasus'' 'austera', having a dark skin
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice [syn: Prunus cerasus austera ] cultivated sour cherry with dark-colored skin and juice
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of bitter cherry, 1640s, of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately from Latin amarus "bitter." Earlier form was morell (1610s).
Usage examples of morello.
When Morello pressed the lower button, the elevator descended down its secret shaft.
There were two tails ready for Morello, in case he pulled a fast automobile sneak.
Moe intended to watch where Morello went, then drive back to Harry Vincent and lay plans for their next move.
Moe could see Morello standing in the middle booth, clearly visible through the plate glass of the shop window.
He headed straight for the Bluebell Garage, near the drugstore where Morello was phoning.
He was unable to do anything about it, because Morello picked that exact moment to emerge from the drugstore after his many phone calls.
Moe Shrevnitz had trouble making change when Morello slipped him a bill to pay for the taxi ride.
When Morello went into the dance hall, Moe put his hand into a pocket of his coat, took out a half dollar.
He wanted to find out what Morello was doing up there and whom he was meeting.
He left it on the floor of the treasure room to keep the helplessly bound Morello from regaining the use of his voice and screaming for help.
CHAPTER VII HOUSE OF DEATH BARELY a few minutes after the car containing the kidnaped Morello had sped away, another automobile swung into an empty space at the curb opposite the Hot Spot dance hall.
If Morello had used a secret exit from the dance hall, he could have gone nowhere else but here.
Five mobsters, all of them gorillas of Morello lay in a bloody shambles on the floor.
The passage explained how Morello had reached this house from the dance hall.
He closed the wall panel and went back to the room where most of the Morello gang had died.