Definition of Prunus avium

1. Noun. Large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation.

Exact synonyms: Sweet Cherry
Terms within: Black Cherry, Sweet Cherry
Generic synonyms: Cherry, Cherry Tree
Specialized synonyms: Heart Cherry, Oxheart, Oxheart Cherry, Gean, Mazzard, Mazzard Cherry

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Avium

Prumnopitys amara
Prumnopitys andina
Prumnopitys elegans
Prumnopitys ferruginea
Prumnopitys taxifolia
Prunella
Prunella modularis
Prunella vulgaris
Prunellidae
Prunus
Prunus alleghaniensis
Prunus americana
Prunus amygdalus
Prunus angustifolia
Prunus armeniaca
Prunus avium (current term)
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

Literary usage of Prunus avium

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

1. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"The sweet or Mazzard cherry (Prunus avium L.), a native of Europe and western Asia, also the sour or Morello cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Prunus avium, L.—Lyte. Hal. quotes from Du Bartas, ... Prunus avium, L.—SW Cumb. Prior, p. 43. Cherry-pie, from the smell of the flowers. ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Prunus avium, L. — Lyte. Hal. quotes from Du Bartas, ... Prunus avium, L. — SW Cumb. Prior, p. 43. Cherry-pie, from the smell of the flowers. ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"These are variously grouped, but the following simple classification takes in the common orchard sorts: A. Prunus avium. (1) The Hearts. ..."

5. Laboratory Manual of Horticulture by George William Hood (1915)
"The domestic forms of Prunus avium are characterized by a tall, erect growth, ... Prunus avium has four representatives in the United States ..."

6. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Gean (Prunus avium) 1265°. Sloe (Prunus spinosa) 1265°. ... Gean (Prunus avium) 2778°. Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum) 2935°. ..."

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