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FLOWERING ALMOND

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms

Synonyms:

flowering almond; oriental bush cherry; Prunus japonica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("flowering almond" is a kind of...):

almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers

Synonyms:

flowering almond; Prunus triloba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("flowering almond" is a kind of...):

almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)

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