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HAGBERRY TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hagberry tree mean?
• HAGBERRY TREE (noun)
The noun HAGBERRY TREE has 1 sense:
1. small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
Familiarity information: HAGBERRY TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common bird cherry; European bird cherry; hagberry tree; Prunus padus
Hypernyms ("hagberry tree" is a kind of...):
bird cherry; bird cherry tree (any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds)
Meronyms (parts of "hagberry tree"):
hagberry (small cherry much liked by birds)
Holonyms ("hagberry tree" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)
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