genus Prunus

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genus Prunus - a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regionsPrunusrosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plantsfamily Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamensplum, plum tree - any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stoneplumcot, plumcot tree - hybrid produced by crossing Prunus domestica and Prunus armeniacaapricot, apricot tree - Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and edible fruit resembling the peachcommon apricot, Prunus armeniaca - temperate zone tree bearing downy yellow to rosy fruitsblack apricot, Prunus dasycarpa, purple apricot - small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruitcherry tree, cherry - any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwoodPrunus besseyi, Rocky Mountains cherry, Western sand cherry - dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruitPrunus caroliniana, wild orange, cherry laurel, laurel cherry, mock orange - small flowering evergreen tree of southern United Statesalmond tree - any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nutscherry laurel, laurel cherry, Prunus laurocerasus - frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oilcommon bird cherry, European bird cherry, hagberry tree, Prunus padus - small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherrypeach, peach tree, Prunus persica - cultivated in temperate regionsnectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina - variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow fleshPrunus cuneata, Prunus pumila, Prunus pumilla susquehanae, Prunus susquehanae, sand cherry - small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruitblackthorn, Prunus spinosa, sloe - a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruitschokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana, chokecherry - a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds