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COMMON BIRD CHERRY

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Meaning:

Small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry

Synonyms:

common bird cherry; European bird cherry; hagberry tree; Prunus padus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common bird cherry" is a kind of...):

bird cherry; bird cherry tree (any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds)

Meronyms (parts of "common bird cherry"):

hagberry (small cherry much liked by birds)

Holonyms ("common bird cherry" is a member of...):

genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)

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