Wiktionary
n. 1 (&lit sour cherry English) 2 Species of ''Prunus subg. Cerasus'', (cherry), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, ''Prunus cerasus'', (taxlink Prunus pseudocerasus species noshow=1), and (taxlink Prunus cerasoides species noshow=1). 3 The fruit of these trees, often used for cooking.
WordNet
n. rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit [syn: sour cherry tree, Prunus cerasus]
Australian tree with sour red fruit [syn: Eugenia corynantha]
acid cherries used for pies and preserves
Usage examples of "sour cherry".
I went to an Eastern place run by a woman named Tserchi and had roasted duckling in a sour cherry sauce garnished with celery root and served with a pan-fried garlic bread that wasn't as good as Noish-pa made but was perfectly edible.
The meal included exotic specialties like bierocks, a meat-filled turnover, and cherry moos, a sour cherry soup.
A group of the Corfiote laborers' wives came with a small pot of sour cherry spoon-sweets.
He seemed dreadfully thin to her, that morning, and so pale that the sour cherry colour of his lips flamed scarlet.
Hiram surveyed it all, tried a taste of the sour cherry sauce being prepared for the pork, exchanged a few words with his saucier, and escaped every bit as restless as when he'd entered.