Lexic.us

Definition of Prunus serotina

1. Noun. Large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Serotina

Literary usage of Prunus serotina

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

1. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"prunus serotina Ehrh. Nomenclature. (Sudworth.) Wild Black Cherry, Wild Rum Cherry (NH, Mass., Cherry (local and common RI, Miss., Neb.), names). ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1885)
"prunus serotina Ehrh. PI. Maryland. O. Sacken. Galls similar to those on Pr. maritima ... prunus serotina 'Shah. PI. Cambridge, Mass., 1874. Mr. Bassett. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"As is well known, wild cherry bark {prunus serotina, Ehrh., P. virginiana, Mill.), when stirred with water, yields an essential oil consisting chiefly of ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1910)
"As is well known, wild cherry bark (prunus serotina, Ehrh., P. virginiana, Mill.), when stirred with water, yields an essential oil consisting chiefly of ..."

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