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Definition of Prunus spinosa
1. Noun. A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits.
Group relationships: Genus Prunus, Prunus
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Spinosa
Literary usage of Prunus spinosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"... beat the remainder in a marble mortar and press it through a hair-sieve.— Ph.
US PRUNIER, Prunus domestica—p. Sauvage, Prunus spinosa. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Prunus spinosa L. Sp. Pl. 475. 1753. A much-branched shrub with thorny branches,
... Prunus spinosa insititia (L.) A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 112. 1856. ..."
3. Our Woodland Trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"Prunus spinosa. PLATE 5, FIG. 11. , ARLY though it is in blossoming, the white,
five-petalled flowers of the Black or Sloe Thorn are absolutely devoid of ..."
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