Prunus
- noun
- /ˈpruːnəs/
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- Many gardeners choose Prunus species like plums or cherries for their beautiful blooms in spring.
- Prunus cherry
- Prunus plum
Examples
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The cherry tree belongs to the genus Prunus and produces delicious fruit each summer.
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Kansans preferred sand-hill plum (Prunus angustifolia) preserves.
Academic text (2003) -
She planted several varieties of Prunus in her garden, including apricots and peaches.
Synonyms
A group of trees and bushes that includes cherries, plums, peaches, apricots and almonds
Compounds
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A group of trees and bushes that includes cherries, plums, peaches, apricots and almonds
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A wild plum tree in the northeastern United States with dark purple, edible fruit and yellow flesh
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A wild plum tree from eastern and central North America that has red-orange fruit with yellow inside
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A small tree that loses its leaves and has pink flowers and edible almonds
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A small North American shrubby tree with edible yellow to red fruit
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A tree that loses its leaves each year and produces soft orange fruit called apricots
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A small wild cherry tree that grows on sandy soil and has tiny dark bitter fruits
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A small hybrid apricot tree from Asia with purple twigs, white flowers, and small purple fruit
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A type of plum tree grown for fruit you can eat, like greengages and damsons
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A Mexican black cherry tree from Central and South America with sweet edible fruit
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A small evergreen tree from the southern United States with dark shiny leaves and small white flowers
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A small tree from Europe and Asia that makes red or dark sour cherries used for pies
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A small sour cherry tree that makes pale red fruit with clear juice
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An almond tree with white flowers that makes bitter poisonous nuts used to make oil for flavor and medicine
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A small Chinese shrub grown for its red, pink, or white flowers and small red fruit
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A small tree from the southwestern United States with large leaves and purplish-red fruit
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A small tree from northeastern North America that loses its leaves and makes orange-red oval fruit
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A small European tree with clusters of sweet-smelling white flowers and small bitter black cherries
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An evergreen bush or small tree with spiny thick leaves and edible fruit like a small plum
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A small Japanese cherry tree with pale pink flowers often grown in gardens
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A small woody bush from East Asia that has white or pale pink flowers and small red fruit
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A dense evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and white flowers used for hedges
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An evergreen shrub or small tree from Catalina Island with clusters of white flowers and dark purple fruit
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A small shrub by the sea with white flowers and edible purple fruit called beach plum
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A low North American bush in the cherry family that grows on sandy ground and makes small dark sour fruit
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A small spreading American cherry that grows on sandy ground and has tiny sour dark fruit
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A small wild cherry that grows on sandy soil with tiny bitter dark fruit
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A small wild tree with sour dark red berries that birds and people eat
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A small tree from China and Japan that produces large yellow or red plums often called the Japanese plum
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A decorative tree from East Asia that has clusters of pink or white spring flowers
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A shrub or small tree from the US west coast with small red fruit not often eaten
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Prunus comes from the Latin prunus, meaning 'plum', and is the same root as the English word prune. So it names the group of trees and shrubs that give us plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, and almonds.