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Definition of Prunus ilicifolia
1. Noun. California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Wild Plum, Wild Plum Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Ilicifolia
Literary usage of Prunus ilicifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1895)
"... and prunus ilicifolia Walpers. This list excludes the closely related plums
and those species of cherry which do not attain dimensions greater than ..."
2. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"prunus ilicifolia Walp. ISLAY. Evergreen shrub or small tree, 8 to 25 feet high;
old bark dark brown or almost black, closely checked; leaves coriaceous, ..."
3. Select Extra-tropical Plants: Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1885)
"prunus ilicifolia, Nuttall. California. In deep rich soil, valuable for evergreen
hedges of intricate growth. Fruit about \ inch diameter, red or black, ..."
4. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"prunus ilicifolia, Nuttall. California. In deep rich soil, valuable for evergreen
hedges of intricate growth. Fruit about \ inch diameter, red or black, ..."
5. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods which Have by Edward James Wickson (1921)
"Another species, Islay (prunus ilicifolia), has evergreen foliage, and is a useful
hedge plant. Of species bearing fruits in umbels, or true cherry style, ..."