JAPANESE CHERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese cherry mean? 

• JAPANESE CHERRY (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE CHERRY has 1 sense:

1. ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms

  Familiarity information: JAPANESE CHERRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE CHERRY (noun)

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Meaning:

Ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Japanese cherry; Japanese flowering cherry; oriental cherry; Prunus serrulata

Hypernyms ("Japanese cherry" 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)