NOUN | plant | chokecherry tree, chokecherry, Prunus virginiana | a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds |
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Meaning | A common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds. | |
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Synonyms | chokecherry, Prunus virginiana | |
Member of | Prunus, genus Prunus | A genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions |
Parts | chokecherry | The fruit of the chokecherry tree |
Narrower | western chokecherry, Prunus virginiana demissa, Prunus demissa | chokecherry of western United States |
Broader | cherry, cherry tree | Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone |
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