BIRD CHERRY TREE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 tree" is a kind of...):

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

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

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)