PRUNUS

Meaning of PRUNUS in English

genus of more than 400 species of flowering shrubs and trees, in the rose family (Rosaceae). The genus Prunus has great economic importance as it includes the cultivated almond, peach, plum, cherry, and apricot (qq.v.). Some authorities separate peaches, almonds, and flowering almonds in the genus Amygdalus.

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PRUNUS — [L] n [Bot.] Prunus
Interlingua English vocab
PRUNUS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, plum tree, from Greek proumnē Date: 1839 any of a genus ( Prunus ) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PRUNUS — ˈprünəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, plum tree, from Greek proumnē : a genus of trees and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRUNUS — (n.) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in …
Английский словарь Webster
PRUNUS — ( n. ) A genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRUNUS — n. category of trees and shrubs (includes cherries, peaches, plums, apricots and almonds)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PRUNUS — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, plum tree, from Greek proumnē Date: 1839 : any of a genus ( Prunus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRUNUS — noun a genus of trees with perigynous rosaceous flowers, and a single two-ovuled carpel which usually becomes a drupe in …
Webster English vocab
PRUNUS — [ 'pru:nəs ] ■ noun a tree or shrub of a large genus that includes cherry, almond, plum, peach, and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRUNUS — [pru.nus] n [NL, fr. L, plum tree, fr. Gk proumne] (1901): any of a genus (Prunus) of drupaceous trees or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRUNUS — prunus, P\~ BrE AmE ˈpruːn əs ▷ prunus|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRUNUS — Слива
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRUNUS — n. Pronunciation: ' prü-n ə s Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, plum tree, from Greek proumn ē Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PEACH — Small to medium-sized fruit tree ( Prunus persica ) of the rose family, grown throughout the warmer temperate regions of …
Английский словарь Британика
NECTARINE — Smooth-skinned peach \(Prunus persica ‘nectarina'), grown throughout warmer temperate regions. They result when some peaches self-pollinate or are crossed so …
Английский словарь Британика
CHERRY — Any of various trees of the genus Prunus and their edible fruits. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, where …
Английский словарь Британика
PRUNITRIN — ˈprünə.trə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pruni (from New Latin prunus, genus name of prunus emarginata ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRUNASIN — ˈprünəsə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary prunas- (from New Latin Prunus serotina black cherry) + -in : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HORTULAN PLUM — noun Etymology: New Latin hortulana (specific epithet of Prunus hortulana ), from Latin, feminine of hortulanus : a wild-goose plum …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EUROPEAN BIRD CHERRY — noun Usage: usually capitalized E 1. : a small to mediumsized cherry ( Prunus padus ) closely resembling the chokecherry …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHERRY LAUREL — noun 1. : a European evergreen shrub ( Prunus laurocerasus ) common in cultivation — called also laurel 2. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLUM — (n.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the tree itself, …
Английский словарь Webster
PLUM — ( n. ) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of Prunus; also, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOE — /sloh/ , n. 1. the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family. 2. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLUM — noun a grape dried in the sun; a raisin. 2. plum ·noun a handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant …
Webster English vocab
CHERRY — noun a peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. 2. cherry ·noun the fruit of the cherry tree, …
Webster English vocab
PLUM — fruit of the genus Prunus of the rose family (Rosaceae). Like the peach and cherry, it is a stone, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROSALES — rose order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the subclass Rosidae. Its members include some of the best-known ornamental …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHERRY — n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a small soft round stone-fruit. b any of several trees of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHERRY — n. & adj. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a small soft round stone-fruit. b any of several trees of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHERRY — n. & adj. --n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a small soft round stone-fruit. b any of several trees of the …
Oxford English vocab
PEACH — n. Small to medium-sized fruit tree ( Prunus persica ) of the rose family, grown throughout the warmer temperate regions …
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