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WINTER FLOWERING CHERRY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does winter flowering cherry mean?

• WINTER FLOWERING CHERRY (noun)
The noun WINTER FLOWERING CHERRY has 1 sense:

1. shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers

Familiarity information: WINTER FLOWERING CHERRY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WINTER FLOWERING CHERRY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Shrub or tree native to Japan cultivated as an ornamental for its rose-pink flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Prunus subhirtella; rosebud cherry; winter flowering cherry

Hypernyms ("winter flowering cherry" is a kind of...):

flowering cherry (any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms)

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