Prunus avium
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Translingual
Etymology
Latin prūnus avium (“bird cherry”, literally “birds' plum tree”). In English, bird cherry refers to Prunus padus.
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – sweet cherry, the cultivars of which provide cherries for eating.
Hypernyms
- (species): Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Amygdaleae - tribe; Prunus - genus; Prunus subg. Cerasus - subgenus; Prunus sect. Cerasus - section
Hyponyms
- (species): Prunus avium subsp. avium, Prunus avium subsp. duracina, Prunus avium subsp. juliana - species
See also
List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Prunus avium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Prunus avium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Prunus avium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Prunus avium at USDA Plants database
- Prunus avium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Prunus avium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Prunus avium at the Catalogue of Life
- Prunus avium at Encyclopedia of Life
- Prunus avium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Prunus+avium at The Plant List
