English > Prunus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | A genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions. |
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| Synonym | genus Prunus |
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| Member of | Rosaceae, family Rosaceae, rose family | A large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales |
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| Members | Western sand cherry, Rocky Mountains cherry, Prunus besseyi | Dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit |
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| almond tree | Any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts |
| apricot, apricot tree | Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach |
| blackthorn, sloe, Prunus spinosa | A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits |
| cherry, cherry tree | Any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone |
| cherry laurel, laurel cherry, Prunus laurocerasus | frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil |
| cherry laurel, laurel cherry, mock orange, wild orange, Prunus caroliniana | small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States |
| chokecherry, chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana | A common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds |
| common apricot, Prunus armeniaca | temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits |
| hagberry tree, European bird cherry, common bird cherry, Prunus padus | small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry |
| nectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina | Variety or mutation / mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh |
| peach, peach tree, Prunus persica | cultivated in temperate regions |
| plum, plum tree | Any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone |
| plumcot, plumcot tree | hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca |
| purple apricot, black apricot, Prunus dasycarpa | small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit |
| sand cherry, Prunus pumila, Prunus pumilla susquehanae, Prunus susquehanae, Prunus cuneata | small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit |
| Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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| Spanish | genus prunus, prunus |
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| Catalan | genus prunus, prunus, Prunus |
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