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ORIENTAL CHERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oriental cherry mean?
• ORIENTAL CHERRY (noun)
The noun ORIENTAL CHERRY has 1 sense:
1. ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms
Familiarity information: ORIENTAL CHERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("oriental 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)
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