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BIRD CHERRY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds

Synonyms:

bird cherry; bird cherry tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bird cherry" is a kind of...):

wild cherry; wild cherry tree (an uncultivated cherry tree)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bird cherry"):

common bird cherry; European bird cherry; hagberry tree; Prunus padus (small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry)

pin cherry; Prunus pensylvanica (small shrubby North American wild cherry with small bright red acid fruit)

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