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Definition of Prunus nigra
1. Noun. Small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Nigra
Literary usage of Prunus nigra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"New York to Montana, Florida and Colorado. A southwestern form has very pubescent
leaves. April- May. Fruit ripe Aug.-Oct. 2. Prunus nigra Ait. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"New York to Montana, Florida and Colorado. A southwestern form has very pubescent
leaves. April- May. Fruit ripe Aug.-Oct. 2. Prunus nigra Ait. Canada Plum. ..."
3. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"Aiton described his Prunus nigra in "Hortus Kewensis," in 1789, from a tree
growing in England. He did not know Marshall's previous description. ..."
4. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1903)
"As far as known, all our wild plums are Prunus nigra and not P. Americana as was
once supposed. The points of difference between the two species may be ..."
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