cherry blossom
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cherry blossoms
English
Noun
cherry blossom (countable and uncountable, plural cherry blossoms)
- The blossom or flower of the cherry tree, particularly the Japanese cherry (Prunus serrulata).
- (heraldry) A stylized depiction of the blossom of the cherry tree, as used in Japanese mon.
- 1976, W. M. Hawley, Kei Kaneda Chappelear, Mon: The Japanese Family Crest, page 27:
- The cherry blossom was in use in Heian times...For obvious reasons it become the mon of the Sakurai family.
Related terms
Translations
blossom of the cherry tree
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heraldic charge
Further reading
cherry blossom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
