BIRD CHERRY TREE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bird cherry tree mean? 

• BIRD CHERRY TREE (noun)
  The noun BIRD CHERRY TREE has 1 sense:

1. any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds

  Familiarity information: BIRD CHERRY TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIRD CHERRY TREE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bird cherry; bird cherry tree

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)