bird cherry
noun1
Prunus padus or any deciduous species of Prunus subg. Padus that is closely related to it (tree or fruit).
- On the verdant slope and down by the edge of the water, the bird-cherry and the mountain ash displayed their flowery garb of summer.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280:
2
Pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
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Rare Sweet cherry (Prunus avium).
- Derived terms
- American bird cherry, Asian bird cherry, bird-cherry ermine, European bird cherry, Himalayan bird cherry, Hokkaido bird cherry, Virginian bird cherry