HyperDic: prunus_virginiana

English > 1 sense of the expression Prunus virginiana:
NOUNplantPrunus virginiana, chokecherry, chokecherry treea common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
English > Prunus virginiana: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds.
Synonymschokecherry, chokecherry tree
Member ofPrunus, genus PrunusA genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions
PartschokecherryThe fruit of the chokecherry tree
Narrowerwestern chokecherry, Prunus virginiana demissa, Prunus demissachokecherry of western United States
Broadercherry, cherry treeAny of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone

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