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PRUNUS PADUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunus padus mean?
• PRUNUS PADUS (noun)
The noun PRUNUS PADUS has 1 sense:
1. small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
Familiarity information: PRUNUS PADUS 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 ("Prunus padus" 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 "Prunus padus"):
hagberry (small cherry much liked by birds)
Holonyms ("Prunus padus" 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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