Definition of Prunus ilicifolia

1. Noun. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Ilicifolia

Prunus capuli
Prunus caroliniana
Prunus cerasifera
Prunus cerasus
Prunus cerasus austera
Prunus cerasus caproniana
Prunus cerasus marasca
Prunus cuneata
Prunus dasycarpa
Prunus demissa
Prunus domestica
Prunus domestica insititia
Prunus dulcis
Prunus dulcis amara
Prunus glandulosa
Prunus ilicifolia
Prunus incisa
Prunus insititia
Prunus japonica
Prunus laurocerasus
Prunus lyonii
Prunus maritima
Prunus mexicana
Prunus mume
Prunus nigra
Prunus padus
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus persica
Prunus persica nectarina
Prunus pumila

Literary usage of Prunus ilicifolia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1895)
"... and prunus ilicifolia Walpers. This list excludes the closely related plums and those species of cherry which do not attain dimensions greater than ..."

2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"prunus ilicifolia Walp. ISLAY. Evergreen shrub or small tree, 8 to 25 feet high; old bark dark brown or almost black, closely checked; leaves coriaceous, ..."

3. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1885)
"prunus ilicifolia, Nuttall. California. In deep rich soil, valuable for evergreen hedges of intricate growth. Fruit about \ inch diameter, red or black, ..."

4. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"prunus ilicifolia, Nuttall. California. In deep rich soil, valuable for evergreen hedges of intricate growth. Fruit about \ inch diameter, red or black, ..."

5. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1921)
"Another species, Islay (prunus ilicifolia), has evergreen foliage, and is a useful hedge plant. Of species bearing fruits in umbels, or true cherry style, ..."

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