JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Japanese flowering cherry mean? 

• JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY (noun)
  The noun JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY has 2 senses:

1. ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Japanese flowering cherry; Prunus sieboldii

Hypernyms ("Japanese flowering 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)

Sense 2

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 flowering 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)