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Definition of Prunus avium
1. Noun. Large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation.
Terms within: Black Cherry, Sweet Cherry
Generic synonyms: Cherry, Cherry Tree
Specialized synonyms: Heart Cherry, Oxheart, Oxheart Cherry, Gean, Mazzard, Mazzard Cherry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Avium
Literary usage of Prunus avium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"The sweet or Mazzard cherry (prunus avium L.), a native of Europe and western
Asia, also the sour or Morello cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"prunus avium, L.—Lyte. Hal. quotes from Du Bartas, ... prunus avium, L.—SW Cumb.
Prior, p. 43. Cherry-pie, from the smell of the flowers. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"prunus avium, L. — Lyte. Hal. quotes from Du Bartas, ... prunus avium, L. — SW Cumb.
Prior, p. 43. Cherry-pie, from the smell of the flowers. ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"These are variously grouped, but the following simple classification takes in
the common orchard sorts: A. prunus avium. (1) The Hearts. ..."
5. Laboratory Manual of Horticulture by George William Hood (1915)
"The domestic forms of prunus avium are characterized by a tall, erect growth,
... prunus avium has four representatives in the United States ..."
6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Gean (prunus avium) 1265°. Sloe (Prunus spinosa) 1265°. ... Gean (prunus avium)
2778°. Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum) 2935°. ..."
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