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ROCKY MOUNTAINS CHERRY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
Synonyms:
Prunus besseyi; Rocky Mountains cherry; Western sand cherry
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Rocky Mountains cherry" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("Rocky Mountains cherry" is a member of...):
genus Prunus; Prunus (a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions)