bird cherry

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Prunus padus
Prunus ssiori
Prunus avium
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Noun

bird cherry (plural bird cherries)

  1. Prunus padus or any deciduous species of Prunus subg. Padus that is closely related to it (tree or fruit).
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280:
      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.
  2. Pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
  3. (rare) Sweet cherry (Prunus avium).

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