any of several species of cherry, Prunus sp., common in eastern North America; pincherry.
- 1769  (1931)  . . . the wild cherry, of which the woods are full, is equally charming in flower and in fruit. . . .
- 1852  C. pennsylvanica, wild red cherry, the Pasis-so-wey-minan of the Chippeways, and Pasi-awey-minan of the Crees. produces a small sour red fruit.
- 1943  The north shore of the pond had sunny and indented banks, where moisture-loving viburnums and wild cherries and the northern hawthorn disputed for sunlight. . . .