Prunus avium

Translingual

Etymology

Latin prūnus avium (“bird cherry”, literally “birds' plum tree”). In English, bird cherry refers to Prunus padus.

Proper noun

Prunus avium f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – sweet cherry, the cultivars of which provide cherries for eating.

Hypernyms

• (species): Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Amygdaleae - tribe; Prunus - genus; Prunus subg. Cerasus - subgenus; Prunus sect. Cerasus - section

Hyponyms

• (species): Prunus avium subsp. avium, Prunus avium subsp. duracina, Prunus avium subsp. juliana - species

See also

• List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Prunus avium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prunus avium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Prunus avium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Prunus avium at USDA Plants database
• Prunus avium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Prunus avium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Prunus avium at the Catalogue of Life 
• Prunus avium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Prunus avium at Plants of the World Online