sour cherry vs cherry

sour cherry and cherry both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sour cherry	Yes	No	No	No
cherry	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, cherry is a hypernym of sour cherry; that is, cherry is a word with a broader meaning than sour cherry:

As nouns, cherry is a hypernym of sour cherry; that is, cherry is a word with a broader meaning than sour cherry:

sour cherry: rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit
cherry: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

Other hypernyms of sour cherry include cherry tree.

sour cherry (noun)	cherry (noun)
acid cherries used for pies and preserves	a red the color of ripe cherries
rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit	a red fruit with a single hard stone
Australian tree with sour red fruit	any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
	wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

sour cherry (adjective)	cherry (adjective)
	of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies