English > flowering cherry: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms. |
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| Narrower | Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus sieboldii | Ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms |
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| fuji, fuji cherry, Prunus incisa | shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms |
| oriental cherry, Japanese cherry, Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus serrulata | Ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms |
| rosebud cherry, winter flowering cherry, Prunus subhirtella | shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers |
| 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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