blackheart

noun

1. any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken

• Hypernyms: ↑plant disease

2. heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry

• Syn: ↑blackheart cherry

• Hypernyms: ↑heart cherry, ↑oxheart, ↑oxheart cherry

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

1. : a heart cherry having a dark flesh and skin

2. : whortleberry 1

3. : any of several plants of the genus Polygonum having black seeds

4. : red-backed sandpiper

5. : a plant disease in which the central tissues blacken; specifically : a disease of potato tubers caused by high temperature or poor ventilation

6. : a dark coloration of undetermined cause in the wood of certain hardwoods (as maple and ash)

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/blak"hahrt'/, n.

1. Plant Pathol. a nonparasitic disease of plants, as of potatoes and various trees, in which internal plant tissues blacken, usually as a result of extremes in temperature.

2. Hort.

a. a heart cherry having a dark skin.

b. the tree bearing this fruit.

[1700-10; BLACK + HEART]

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blackˈheart noun

A dark kind of cherry

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Main Entry: ↑black