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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sucker \suck"er\ su^k"~er, n.
   1. one who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by
      which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere
      to other bodies.
      1913 webster

   2. a suckling; a sucking animal. --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   3. the embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a
      pump basket. --boyle.
      1913 webster

   4. a pipe through which anything is drawn.
      1913 webster

   5. a small piece of leather, usually round, having a string
      attached to the center, which, when saturated with water
      and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth
      surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure,
      with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be
      thus lifted by the string; -- used by children as a
      plaything.
      1913 webster

   6. bot. a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of
      a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment
      from the body of the plant.
      1913 webster

   7. zool.
      a any one of numerous species of north american
          fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family
          catostomidae; so called because the lips are
          protrusile. the flesh is coarse, and they are of
          little value as food. the most common species of the
          eastern united states are the northern sucker
          catostomus commersoni, the white sucker
          catostomus teres, the hog sucker catostomus
          nigricans, and the chub, or sweet sucker erimyzon
          sucetta. some of the large western species are
          called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and
          suckerel.
      b the remora.
      c the lumpfish.
      d the hagfish, or myxine.
      e a california food fish menticirrus undulatus
          closely allied to the kingfish
      a; -- called also bagre.
          1913 webster

   8. a parasite; a sponger. see def. 6, above.
      1913 webster

            they who constantly converse with men far above
            their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if
            thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker,
            no branch.                            --fuller.
      1913 webster

   9. a hard drinker; a soaker. slang
      1913 webster

   10. a greenhorn; someone easily cheated, gulled, or deceived.
       slang, u.s.
       1913 webster

   11. a nickname applied to a native of illinois. u. s.
       1913 webster

   12. a person strongly attracted to something; -- usually used
       with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.
       pjc

   11. any thing or person; -- usually implying annoyance or
       dislike; as, i went to change the blade and cut my finger
       on the sucker. slang
       pjc

   carp sucker, cherry sucker, etc. see under carp,
      cherry, etc.

   sucker fish. see sucking fish, under sucking.

   sucker rod, a pump rod. see under pump.

   sucker tube zool., one of the external ambulacral tubes
      of an echinoderm, -- usually terminated by a sucker and
      used for locomotion. called also sucker foot. see
      spatangoid.
      1913 webster
see also:
catostomidae catostomus commersoni catostomus teres catostomus nigricans erimyzon sucetta buffalo fish 
red horse black horse suckerel menticirrus undulatus bagre 
carp sucker cherry sucker carp cherry sucker fish 
sucking fish sucking sucker rod pump sucker tube 
sucker foot spatangoid 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cherry \cher"ry\ che^r"ry^, n. oe. chery, for cherys, fr.
   f. cerise cf. as. cyrs cherry, fr. ll. ceresia, fr. l.
   cerasus cherry tree, gr. keraso`s, perh. fr. ke`ras horn,
   from the hardness of the wood.
   1. bot. a tree or shrub of the genus prunus which also
      includes the plum bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony
      stone;
      a the common garden cherry prunus cerasus, of which
          several hundred varieties are cultivated for the
          fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart,
          black tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, may-duke
          corrupted from m'edoc in france.
      b the wild cherry; as, prunus serotina wild black
          cherry, valued for its timber; prunus virginiana
          choke cherry, an american shrub which bears
          astringent fruit; prunus avium and prunus padus,
          european trees bird cherry.
          1913 webster

   2. the fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors
      and flavors.
      1913 webster

   3. the timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry,
      used in cabinetmaking, etc.
      1913 webster

   4. a peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry.
      1913 webster

   barbadoes cherry. see under barbadoes.

   cherry bird zool., an american bird; the cedar bird; --
      so called from its fondness for cherries.

   cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar.

   cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped.
      

   cherry laurel bot., an evergreen shrub prunus
      lauro-cerasus common in shrubberies, the poisonous
      leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds.
      

   cherry pepper bot., a species of capsicum capsicum
      cerasiforme, with small, scarlet, intensely piquant
      cherry-shaped fruit.

   cherry pit.
      a a child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a
          hole. --shak.
      b a cherry stone.

   cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped.

   cherry sucker zool., the european spotted flycatcher
      musicapa grisola; -- called also cherry chopper
      cherry snipe.

   cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries.

   ground cherry, winter cherry, see alkekengi.
      1913 webster
see also:
prunus prunus cerasus prunus serotina prunus virginiana prunus avium prunus padus 
barbadoes cherry barbadoes cherry bird cherry bounce cherry brandy 
cherry laurel prunus lauro-cerasus cherry pepper capsicum capsicum cerasiforme 
cherry pit cherry rum cherry sucker musicapa grisola cherry chopper 
cherry snipe cherry tree ground cherry winter cherry alkekengi 


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Cherry, definition of term: Cherry
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Cherry Tree >> C Words
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Cherry Bomb >> C Words
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Wild Cherry >> W Words
Wild Cherry, definition of term: Wild Cherry
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Sweet Cherry >> S Words
Sweet Cherry, definition of term: Sweet Cherry
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Wild Cherry Tre >> W Words
Wild Cherry Tre, definition of term: Wild Cherry Tre
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Sour Cherry Tre >> S Words
Sour Cherry Tre, definition of term: Sour Cherry Tre
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