PRUNUS CERASUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunus cerasus mean? 

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

1. rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNUS CERASUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Prunus cerasus; sour cherry; sour cherry tree

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

cherry; cherry tree (any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Prunus cerasus"):

amarelle; Prunus cerasus caproniana (any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice)

morello; Prunus cerasus austera (any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice)

marasca; marasca cherry; maraschino cherry; Prunus cerasus marasca (Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur)