Prunus avium

Definitions of Prunus avium

1. noun

   large Eurasian tree producing small dark bitter fruit in the wild but edible sweet fruit under cultivation
   synonyms: sweet cherry

   types:

   heart cherry, oxheart, oxheart cherry

   any of several cultivated sweet cherries having sweet juicy heart-shaped fruits

   gean, mazzard, mazzard cherry

   wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting

   type of:

   cherry, cherry tree

   any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood