prunus
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1. a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | rosid dicot genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | plumcot, plumcot tree, |
| definition | : | hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | apricot, apricot tree, |
| definition | : | Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peach (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | common apricot, prunus armeniaca, |
| definition | : | temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | black apricot, prunus dasycarpa, purple apricot, |
| definition | : | small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cherry, cherry tree, |
| definition | : | any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | prunus besseyi, rocky mountains cherry, western sand cherry, |
| definition | : | dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cherry laurel, laurel cherry, mock orange, prunus caroliniana, wild orange, |
| definition | : | small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | almond tree, |
| definition | : | any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cherry laurel, laurel cherry, prunus laurocerasus, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | common bird cherry, european bird cherry, hagberry tree, prunus padus, |
| definition | : | small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | peach, peach tree, prunus persica, |
| definition | : | cultivated in temperate regions (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | nectarine, nectarine tree, prunus persica nectarina, |
| definition | : | variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | prunus cuneata, prunus pumila, prunus pumilla susquehanae, prunus susquehanae, sand cherry, |
| definition | : | small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | blackthorn, prunus spinosa, sloe, |
| definition | : | a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | chokecherry, chokecherry tree, prunus virginiana, |
| definition | : | a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family, |
| definition | : | a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens (noun.plant) |
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