Definition of European bird cherry

1. Noun. Small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry.

Exact synonyms: Common Bird Cherry, Hagberry Tree, Prunus Padus
Group relationships: Genus Prunus, Prunus
Generic synonyms: Bird Cherry, Bird Cherry Tree
Terms within: Hagberry

Lexicographical Neighbors of European Bird Cherry

European Recovery Program
European Russia
European Shorthair
European Shorthairs
European Stability Mechanism
European Union
European ash
European badger
European badgers
European barberry
European bean
European beaver
European beavers
European beech
European beggar-ticks
European bird cherry
European bison
European bisons
European bittern
European black alder
European black currant
European black grouse
European blackbird
European blueberry
European bog asphodel
European box
European bream
European brooklime
European brown bat
European bullhead

Literary usage of European bird cherry

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

1. Trees and Shrubs of Central Park by Louis Harman Peet (1903)
"(european bird cherry. No. 31.) On the westerly end of the little triangular-shaped bit of ground that stands like an island on the Drive, ..."

2. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"... variable ; and those who are familiar with the european bird cherry, (Cerasus padus,) know how little dependence is to be placed upon its foliage, ..."

3. Ornamental and Timber Trees, Not Natives of the Province of Quebec by Charles Gibb (1882)
"european bird cherry.—I am not aware that this has been tried here. It is of a hardy species indigenous in Lapland and near St. Petersburg. ..."

4. Trees and Shrubs of Prospect Park by Louis Harman Peet (1902)
"european bird cherry. 33. European hazel. 34. American hornbeam. 35. Weeping European silver linden. 36. Red maple. 37. Cherry birch. 38. Bush Deutzia. 39. ..."

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