PRUNUS MEXICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunus mexicana mean? 

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

1. small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNUS MEXICANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

big-tree plum; Prunus mexicana

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

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