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Meaning of merise in English:

merise

noun

archaic

  • A small bitter black cherry, the fruit of a variety of the gean, Prunus avium; the tree that bears this fruit.

Pronunciation

merise

/m??ri?z/ /m??ri?s/

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in Charles Cotton (1630–1687), poet and translator. From French merise, probably a variant (with eleision of the initial vowel) of an unattested form *amerise, blend of amer bitter and cerise cherry.