fuji
- noun
- /ˈfuːdʒi/
- During spring, the fuji tree blooms with delicate pink flowers, making it a popular choice for gardens.
Examples
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She planted a fuji cherry tree in her backyard to enjoy its stunning blossoms each year.
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It's got roses and lilies and snapdragons and fuji mums.
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Apples on the front side here, starting with Braeburn, and then it goes Fuji, Golden Delicious, Gravenstein, Macintosh, and so on.
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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.
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The park was filled with beautiful fuji cherry trees, their pale pink blossoms attracting many visitors.
Synonyms
A tree with showy white or pink blossoms in spring
A small Japanese tree that has pale pink flowers and is grown in gardens
A small Japanese cherry tree with pale pink flowers often grown in gardens
A tree from East Asia with pretty pink or white blossoms in spring
A decorative tree from East Asia that has clusters of pink or white spring flowers
A tree with bright pink or white spring flowers often planted in parks
A small tree or large bush from Japan grown for its pink flowers
A small tree or bush from Japan with pink flowers grown for gardens
A small woody plant from East Asia grown for smooth red fruit and pale pink or white flowers
A tree with small pink or white flowers that blooms in spring
A small tree or bush from Japan with pink flowers that bloom in winter
A small woody bush from East Asia that has white or pale pink flowers and small red fruit
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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.