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fuji

fuji

9.3
A small Japanese cherry tree with pale pink flowers
  • noun
  • /ˈfuːdʒi/
translation icon : fuji
  • During spring, the fuji tree blooms with delicate pink flowers, making it a popular choice for gardens.

Examples

  • She planted a fuji cherry tree in her backyard to enjoy its stunning blossoms each year.

  • It's got roses and lilies and snapdragons and fuji mums.

  • Apples on the front side here, starting with Braeburn, and then it goes Fuji, Golden Delicious, Gravenstein, Macintosh, and so on.

  • VOLCANO BASE - FUJI - DAY

    Fiction book (1996)
  • We have one of these royal raindrops, Lovett, Fuji apples, presidential gold ginkos, prune trees, Peach trees, beautiful junipers right through there.

  • The park was filled with beautiful fuji cherry trees, their pale pink blossoms attracting many visitors.

Synonyms

1 3.6

A tree with showy white or pink blossoms in spring

is a shrubby garden form noted specifically for pale pink blossoms
Fuji cherry
vsfuji
7.8

A small Japanese tree that has pale pink flowers and is grown in gardens

is identical in meaning but presented as the main entry term
Prunus incisa
vsfuji
  • Specialized
9.4

A small Japanese cherry tree with pale pink flowers often grown in gardens

focuses on the same shrubby form and pale pink flowers specifically

A tree from East Asia with pretty pink or white blossoms in spring

is narrower, highlighting a shrubby form with pale pink blossoms
Prunus serrulata
vsfuji
  • Specialized
8.5

A decorative tree from East Asia that has clusters of pink or white spring flowers

is a smaller shrubby form emphasized for pale pink ornamental flowers
3.5

A tree with bright pink or white spring flowers often planted in parks

is a specific shrubby example within that broader flowering group
Prunus subhirtella
vsfuji
  • Specialized
9.9

A small tree or large bush from Japan grown for its pink flowers

differs by focusing on paler pink blossoms and shrubby habit
7.9

A small tree or bush from Japan with pink flowers grown for gardens

is paler in blossom colour and presented as a specific shrubby type
oriental bush cherry
vsfuji
  • Specialized
8.9

A small woody plant from East Asia grown for smooth red fruit and pale pink or white flowers

focuses only on ornamental pale pink blossoms, not fruit production
oriental cherry
vsfuji
  • Specialized
6.9

A tree with small pink or white flowers that blooms in spring

is the shrubby ornamental form noted for pale pink flowers rather than fruits

A small tree or bush from Japan with pink flowers that bloom in winter

differs by flowering in the usual season with pale pink blossoms
Prunus japonica
vsfuji
  • Specialized
9.4

A small woody bush from East Asia that has white or pale pink flowers and small red fruit

is focused on ornamental pale pink flowers rather than edible fruit

Compounds

A small Japanese tree that has pale pink flowers and is grown in gardens

A sleeping volcano in central Honshu, Japan, that is the country's highest peak

Surface Forms

fuji singular
fujis plural

Etymology

The word fuji comes from Japanese and originally named a flowering plant similar to 'wisteria', and you also know it from Mount Fuji. So calling a small ornamental cherry a fuji links the tree to that Japanese name and to delicate, pale flowers.