Definition

1. Noun:
   • A large, firm, heart-shaped variety of sweet cherry with dark red to nearly black skin and sweet, juicy, dark red flesh. It is one of the most common and commercially important sweet cherry cultivars.

Usage

• The word "bing cherry" is a countable noun. It refers specifically to a cultivar (a cultivated variety) of the sweet cherry tree () and its fruit.
• It is typically used to distinguish this particular type from other cherry varieties, such as Rainier, Royal Ann, or Montmorency cherries.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The recipe calls for two pounds of fresh bing cherries.
  • Her favorite summer snack is a bowl of chilled bing cherries.
  • This pie is best made with bing cherries because of their rich flavor and color.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used attributively (like an adjective) to describe other nouns related to this type of cherry.
  • We visited a bing cherry orchard in Washington state.
  • The bing cherry harvest happens in early summer.

Variants and Related Words

• Cherry (noun): The general term for the small, round stone fruit of plants in the genus .
• Sweet cherry (noun): The species () to which the Bing cherry belongs, as opposed to sour or tart cherries.
• Cultivar (noun): A plant variety that has been produced in cultivation by selective breeding.

Synonyms

• Dark sweet cherry: A descriptive synonym emphasizing its color and type.

Different Meanings

• "Bing" alone (capitalized) is most commonly a proper noun, such as a surname or the name of a search engine. Only in the compound "bing cherry" does it refer to this specific fruit cultivar. The name honors a Chinese-American horticulturist, Ah Bing, who helped develop the variety in the 19th century.

Noun

1. dark red or blackish sweet cherry