Cerasus may refer to:

Plants and fruits

* ''Cerasus'', ** a dated synonym of the genus ''

Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...

'' ** a subgenus of the genus ''Prunus'', see ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus'' * ''

Prunus cerasus ''Prunus cerasus'' (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is a species of ''Prunus'' in the subgenus '' Cerasus'' ( cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia. It is closely related to the sweet cherry (''Prunus avium''), but ...

'' (sour cherry), a species of ''Prunus'' in the subgenus ''Cerasus'' *

Cherry A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...

, some of which are members of ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''

Places

Κερασοῦς, towns on the Black Sea coast of Asia Minor: *

Cerasus (near Trapezus) Cerasus or Kerasous ( grc, Κερασοῦς) was a town of ancient Pontus, on the Black Sea coast, a little to the west of Trapezus. The Ten Thousand, in their retreat, came to Trapezus, and leaving Trapezus, "they arrive on the third day at Ceras ...

, near Vakfıkebir *

Giresun Giresun (), formerly Cerasus (Ancient Greek: Κερασοῦς, Greek: Κερασούντα), is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon. Etymology Giresun wa ...

, ancient provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey {{disambig, geo