oriental bush cherry
- noun
- Specialized
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cerezo arbustivo oriental
- Each spring, the oriental bush cherry in our garden bursts into pale pink blossoms.
Examples
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Gardeners often grow the oriental bush cherry for its ornamental value and edible fruit.
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The oriental bush cherry thrives in well-drained soil and full sunlight.
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The oriental bush cherry blooms beautifully in spring.
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Have you seen the oriental bush cherries in the garden?
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Each spring, the oriental bush cherry in our garden bursts into pale pink blossoms.
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Gardeners often grow the oriental bush cherry for its ornamental value and edible fruit.
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The oriental bush cherry thrives in well-drained soil and full sunlight.
Synonyms
A small woody bush from East Asia that has white or pale pink flowers and small red fruit
A small Chinese shrub grown for its red, pink, or white flowers and small red fruit
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'oriental' specifies East Asian origin, 'bush' indicates a small woody plant form, and 'cherry' identifies the species/fruit, so together they denote a cherry bush from East Asia. This adjectival + noun naming pattern for plants is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Oriental bush cherry is a simple name: oriental means 'from the East', bush means 'a small shrub', and cherry shows it has cherry-like fruit and pretty blossoms. So the name points to a woody plant from East Asia that people grow for its smooth red fruit and pale pink or white blossoms.
