Definition of Prunus cerasus

1. Noun. Rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruit.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Cerasus

Prunella
Prunella modularis
Prunella vulgaris
Prunellidae
Prunus
Prunus alleghaniensis
Prunus americana
Prunus amygdalus
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus armeniaca
Prunus avium
Prunus besseyi
Prunus capuli
Prunus caroliniana
Prunus cerasifera
Prunus cerasus
Prunus cerasus austera
Prunus cerasus caproniana
Prunus cerasus marasca
Prunus cuneata
Prunus dasycarpa
Prunus demissa
Prunus domestica
Prunus domestica insititia
Prunus dulcis
Prunus dulcis amara
Prunus glandulosa
Prunus ilicifolia
Prunus incisa
Prunus insititia

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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