PRUNUS INSITITIA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunus insititia mean?

• PRUNUS INSITITIA (noun)
The noun PRUNUS INSITITIA has 1 sense:

1. small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters

Familiarity information: PRUNUS INSITITIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PRUNUS INSITITIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bullace; Prunus insititia

Hypernyms ("Prunus insititia" is a kind of...):

plum; plum tree (any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Prunus insititia"):

damson plum; damson plum tree; Prunus domestica insititia (plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit)

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ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:

Prunus domestica insititia