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    PRUNUS CERASUS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Rather small Eurasian tree producing red to black acid edible fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    Prunus cerasus; sour cherry; sour cherry tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Prunus cerasus" is a kind of...):

    cherry; cherry tree (any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Prunus cerasus"):

    amarelle; Prunus cerasus caproniana (any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red fruit with colorless juice)

    morello; Prunus cerasus austera (any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing fruit with dark skin and juice)

    marasca; marasca cherry; maraschino cherry; Prunus cerasus marasca (Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur)

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