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Prunus virginiana
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Prunus virginiana - a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birdschokecherry tree, chokecherrygenus Prunus, Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regionscherry tree, cherry - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwoodchokecherry - the fruit of the chokecherry treePrunus demissa, Prunus virginiana demissa, western chokecherry - chokecherry of western United States |
EncyclopediaSeechokecherryPrunus virginiana
Pru·nus vir·gi·ni·an·a1. wild black cherry bark, the bark of Prunus serotina, used as a tonic and in cough mixtures as a bronchial sedative; 2. the choke cherry; the chief substitute and adulterant of Prunus serotina. A deciduous shrub, the bark of which contains coumarins, cyanogenic glycosides, prussic acid, tannins, and volatile oil; it is antitussive, and an ingredient of cough syrups
Toxicity The pits and leaves contain hydrocyanic acid—which metabolizes to cyanide, causing incoordination, imbalance, possibly deathPrunus virginiana
Related to Prunus virginiana: Prunus virginiana demissa, Prunus serotina, Prunus pensylvanicaSynonyms for Prunus virginiananoun a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birdsSynonyms- chokecherry tree
- chokecherry
Related Words- genus Prunus
- Prunus
- cherry tree
- cherry
- chokecherry
- Prunus demissa
- Prunus virginiana demissa
- western chokecherry
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