genus prunus

1. A genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions (synset 112658490)
   is a type of: rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
   member holonym:

   • plum, plum tree - any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone
   • plumcot, plumcot tree - hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniaca
   • apricot, apricot tree - Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the 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, 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
   • 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
   • cherry laurel, laurel cherry, mock orange, prunus caroliniana, wild 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
   • cherry laurel, laurel cherry, prunus laurocerasus - frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil
   • common bird cherry, european bird cherry, hagberry tree, prunus padus - small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry
   • peach, peach tree, prunus persica - cultivated in temperate regions
   • nectarine, nectarine tree, prunus persica nectarina - variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh
   • 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
   • blackthorn, prunus spinosa, sloe - a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
   • chokecherry, chokecherry tree, prunus virginiana - a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds
   belongs to: family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
   same as: prunus

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