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Bird cherry
Meaning
Noun
●
In Fruits & Prunus genus plants:
A
cherry tree
, Prunus padus,
native
to
northern
Eurasia.
●
In Prunus genus plants:
Any of several
species
of
cherry trees
sometimes
grouped
in the
subgenus
Prunus subg. Padus or
sect
ion Prunus
sect
. Laurocerasus of Prunus subg. Cerasus.
Prunus buergeriana (Japanese
bird cherry
), of
eastern
Asia.
Prunus cornuta (Himalayan
bird
cherry).
Prunus grayana (Gray's
bird cherry
), of Japan.
Prunus padus
var
. commutata (Asian
bird cherry
), of
eastern
Asia.
Prunus pensylvanica of North America (
vernacular names
:
fire
cherry
,
pin
cherry
, and
red
cherry
).
Prunus ssiori (Hokkaido
bird
cherry).
●
A
berry
(fruit)
produced
by these trees.
●
Sweet
cherry
, Prunus avium.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Hackberry
Hagberry
Hag
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