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Definition of Prunus cerasus
1. Noun. Rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit.
Generic synonyms: Cherry, Cherry Tree
Specialized synonyms: Amarelle, Prunus Cerasus Caproniana, Morello, Prunus Cerasus Austera, Marasca, Marasca Cherry, Maraschino Cherry, Prunus Cerasus Marasca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Cerasus
Literary usage of Prunus cerasus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"... according to Linnaeus, and nearly all the writers up to the time of De Can-
dolle. have been referred to tlie Primus avium and the prunus cerasus, ..."
2. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"These flowers are variously colored, and double the size of the ordinary forms.
THE DOUBLE-FLOWERING CHERRY. (pRUNUS CERASUS, FL. PL. ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1854)
"Hortensis, prunus cerasus — c. Lauro- cerasus, Prunus laurocerasus — c. Padus.
Prunus padus — c. ... Vulgaris, prunus cerasus. CER AT SLANG on DE G ALIEN, ..."
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