prunus
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prunus /ˈpruːnəs/
▶noun a tree or shrub of a large genus that includes cherry, almond, plum, peach, and apricot trees. [Genus Prunus.]
– origin mod. L., from L., lit. ‘plum tree’.
'prunus' also found in these Oxford entries:
almond
- apricot
- beach plum
- bird cherry
- blackthorn
- bullace
- cherry
- cherry laurel
- cherry plum
- choke cherry
- damson
- gean
- greengage
- peach
- plum
