Definition of Prunus spinosa

1. Noun. A thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits.

Exact synonyms: Blackthorn, Sloe
Group relationships: Genus Prunus, Prunus
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Spinosa

Prunus lyonii
Prunus maritima
Prunus mexicana
Prunus mume
Prunus nigra
Prunus padus
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus persica
Prunus persica nectarina
Prunus pumila
Prunus pumilla susquehanae
Prunus salicina
Prunus serotina
Prunus serrulata
Prunus sieboldii
Prunus spinosa
Prunus subcordata
Prunus subhirtella
Prunus susquehanae
Prunus tenella
Prunus triloba
Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana demissa
Pruss
Prussia
Prussian
Prussian asparagus
Prussian blue
Prussianism
Prussianisms

Literary usage of Prunus spinosa

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

1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"... beat the remainder in a marble mortar and press it through a hair-sieve.— Ph. US PRUNIER, Prunus domestica—p. Sauvage, prunus spinosa. ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"prunus spinosa L. Sp. Pl. 475. 1753. A much-branched shrub with thorny branches, ... prunus spinosa insititia (L.) A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 112. 1856. ..."

3. Our Woodland Trees by Francis George Heath (1878)
"prunus spinosa. PLATE 5, FIG. 11. , ARLY though it is in blossoming, the white, five-petalled flowers of the Black or Sloe Thorn are absolutely devoid of ..."

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