PRUNUS JAPONICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Prunus japonica mean? 

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

1. woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRUNUS JAPONICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

flowering almond; oriental bush cherry; Prunus japonica

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

almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)