Definition of prunus Prunus
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What does prunus mean?
WordNet
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| prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions | ||
| genus Prunus | ||
| rosid dicot genus a genus of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens | ||
| plum tree, plum a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum" | ||
| plumcot tree, plumcot hybrid between plum and apricot | ||
| apricot tree, apricot downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach | ||
| common apricot, prunus armeniaca temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruits | ||
| black apricot, prunus dasycarpa, purple apricot small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit | ||
| cherry tree, cherry a red fruit with a single hard stone | ||
| prunus besseyi, rocky mountains cherry, western sand cherry dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit | ||
| prunus caroliniana, cherry laurel, laurel cherry, wild orange, mock orange small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States | ||
| almond tree any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts | ||
| prunus laurocerasus, cherry laurel, laurel cherry small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States | ||
| common bird cherry, european bird cherry, hagberry tree, prunus padus small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry | ||
| peach tree, prunus persica, peach downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh | ||
| nectarine tree, prunus persica nectarina, nectarine a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin | ||
| prunus cuneata, prunus pumila, prunus pumilla susquehanae, prunus susquehanae, sand cherry small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit | ||
| prunus spinosa, blackthorn, sloe erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries | ||
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Wiktionary 
- prunus (Noun)
A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum , Prunus mume.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- prunus (n.)
A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in ripening.
Wikipedia 
- Prunus is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae. It includes plums, peaches, almonds, apricots and cherries.
