PRUNUS CAROLINIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunus caroliniana mean? 

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

1. small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNUS CAROLINIANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cherry laurel; laurel cherry; mock orange; Prunus caroliniana; wild orange

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

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("Prunus caroliniana" is a member of...):

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)