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Prunus domestica

Prunus domestica

6.8
A tree that makes sweet plums people eat
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Prunus domestica
  • The orchard was filled with rows of Prunus domestica heavy with ripe, purple fruit.

Examples

  • European Prunus domestica varieties are prized for their sweet, juicy plums.

  • Farmers often graft new Prunus domestica cultivars to improve yield and disease resistance.

  • The Prunus domestica tree produces sweet plums.

  • I love the taste of Prunus domestica fruit.

  • The orchard was filled with rows of Prunus domestica heavy with ripe, purple fruit.

  • European Prunus domestica varieties are prized for their sweet, juicy plums.

  • Farmers often graft new Prunus domestica cultivars to improve yield and disease resistance.

Synonyms

common plum
vsPrunus domestica
2.2

A fruit tree that grows sweet plums to eat or make jam

is the scientific name used in formal botanical classification

Surface Forms

Prunus domestica singular
Prunus domesticas plural

Morphology

Prunus + domestica

The name is a literal binomial combining the genus 'Prunus' (a group of trees/shrubs that includes plums) with the epithet 'domestica' (Latin for 'domestic'/'cultivated'). This compositional taxonomic pattern directly signals the cultivated/common species of Prunus (the plum), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning rather than needing to memorize an idiomatic sense.

Etymology

Prunus domestica comes from Latin words: Prunus meaning 'plum' and domestica meaning 'kept at home' or 'grown by people'. So the name gives the simple image of the common plum tree people grow near their homes for its edible fruit.