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Definition of Flowering cherry

1. Noun. Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flowering Cherry

Literary usage of Flowering cherry

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

1. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"... and more beautiful, though sterile flowers. These flowers are variously colored, and double the size of the ordinary forms. THE DOUBLE-flowering cherry. ..."

2. The New American Orchardist, Or an Account of the Most Valuable Varieties of by W. Kendrick (1848)
"LARGE DOUBLE flowering cherry. The tree is of vigorous and upright growth ; the flowers are very large, very double, and beautiful, resembling clusters of ..."

3. Phyto-theology: Or, Botanical Sketches, Intended to Illustrate the Works of by John Hutton Balfour (1851)
"In the ,.., double-flowering cherry, in which \ih (sfl *^es*amens are ... The pistil of the double-flowering cherry, composed of a leaf (carpel) either fiat ..."

4. Biltmore Nursery, Biltmore, N.C. (1907)
"The famous flowering cherry of Japan, so beautifully portrayed in many Japanese scenes. ... JAPANESE DOUBLE-flowering cherry. Similar to the last, ..."

5. The American Orchardist, Or, A Practical Treatise on the Culture and by James Thacher (1822)
"Large double flowering cherry.—This tree produces no fruit, but makes a handsome appearance in the spring, when it is covered with ..."

6. The American Orchardist, Or, A Practical Treatise on the Culture and by James Thacher (1822)
"Large double flowering cherry.—This tree produces no fruit, but makes a handsome appearance in the spring, when it is covered with clusters of double ..."

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