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FLOWERING ALMOND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms
Synonyms:
flowering almond; oriental bush cherry; Prunus japonica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flowering almond" is a kind of...):
almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers
Synonyms:
flowering almond; Prunus triloba
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("flowering almond" is a kind of...):
almond tree (any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts)