Definition of Prunuses

1. prunus [n] - See also: prunus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunuses

pruniferous
prunin
pruning
pruning hook
pruning knife
pruning saw
pruning shears
pruninghook
pruninghooks
prunings
pruno
prunt
prunted
prunts
prunus
prunuses (current term)
prurience
pruriences
pruriencies
pruriency
pruriently
pruriginous
prurigo
prurigos
pruritic
prurition
pruritions
pruritis
pruritogenic

Literary usage of Prunuses

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

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"It is an important point in the growing of these grafted prunuses to remove all sprouts from the stock as soon as they appear. This is particularly true of ..."

2. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1902)
"... similar way to the prunuses. RAPHIOLEPIS JAPONICA (R. ovatus).—An evergreen of sturdy growth, and about 3 feet high, with terminal spikes of pure white ..."

3. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1908)
"... similar way to the prunuses. RAPHIOLEPIS IAPONICA (^?. ovata).—An evergreen of sturdy growth, and about 3 feet high, with terminal spikes of pure white ..."

4. American Gardening (1895)
"Let us take, for instance, such shrubs as Forsythias, Viburnums, Exochorda grandiflora, prunuses, ..."

5. The New Gardening: A Guide to the Most Recent Developments in the Culture of by Walter Page Wright (1913)
"The prunuses, which include the commercial Plums, Cherries, Almonds and Peaches, comprise some beautiful ornamental trees, well worthy of planting for ..."

6. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"... prunuses, nnd other similar plants that have ceased flowering should be cut close back and started in growth quickly. ..."

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