PRUNUS DULCIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunus dulcis mean? 

• PRUNUS DULCIS (noun)
  The noun PRUNUS DULCIS has 1 sense:

1. small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California

  Familiarity information: PRUNUS DULCIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNUS DULCIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

almond; Amygdalus communis; Prunus amygdalus; Prunus dulcis; sweet almond

Hypernyms ("Prunus dulcis" is a kind of...):

almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)

Meronyms (parts of "Prunus dulcis"):

almond (oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Prunus dulcis"):

jordan almond (variety of large almond from Malaga, Spain; used in confectionery)