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JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms

Synonyms:

Japanese cherry; Japanese flowering cherry; oriental cherry; Prunus serrulata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Japanese flowering cherry" is a kind of...):

flowering cherry (any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms

Synonyms:

Japanese flowering cherry; Prunus sieboldii

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Japanese flowering cherry" is a kind of...):

flowering cherry (any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms)

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