Fun Fact: Cherry Etymology

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Fun facts about cherries

The name for cherries is derived from the town of Giresun, Turkey. The ancient Greeks called the city Cerasus which inspired the Greek word for cherry tree. Which in turn influenced the word for cherry in many languages in the centuries afterwards.

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