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Definition of Prunus virginiana
1. Noun. A common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds.
Group relationships: Genus Prunus, Prunus
Generic synonyms: Cherry, Cherry Tree
Terms within: Chokecherry
Specialized synonyms: Prunus Demissa, Prunus Virginiana Demissa, Western Chokecherry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Virginiana
Literary usage of Prunus virginiana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The Choke Cherry (Prunus virginiana, Linn.) is a miniature tree, as a rule, rarely
growing higher than a thrifty lilac bush except in the region between ..."
2. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"Prunus virginiana (Wild Cherry) Named in every edition of the USP In the first,
... The Prunus virginiana, wild black cherry, found throughout the eastern ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"[The Prunus virginiana, or American Wild Cherry, has a special power of giving
tone and calmness to the arterial system. The rapidity and intensity of the ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1909)
"Prunus virginiana of Linnaeus, according to his description (Sp. PI. 473, 1753)
and herbarium specimen was based on the species known in this country as the ..."
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