noun
- a wild cherry tree or its fruit; a sweet black cherry
Usage: chiefly British; also called wild cherry
Examples
- The gean grows naturally throughout Europe and produces dark, sweet fruit.
- Gean cherries are smaller and less cultivated than commercial cherry varieties.
- The old gean tree in the orchard has been there for over a century.
- Birds are attracted to the ripe geans hanging from the branches in summer.