FUJI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fuji mean? 

• FUJI (noun)
  The noun FUJI has 2 senses:

1. shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms

2. an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages

  Familiarity information: FUJI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUJI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fuji; fuji cherry; Prunus incisa

Hypernyms ("fuji" is a kind of...):

flowering cherry (any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Fuji; Fuji-san; Fujinoyama; Fujiyama; Mount Fuji

Instance hypernyms:

volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)

Holonyms ("Fuji" is a part of...):

Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)