flowering cherry

/ˌflaʊərɪŋ ˌtʃɛri/

Other forms: flowering cherries

Definitions of flowering cherry

1. noun

   any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms
   types:

   Prunus incisa, fuji, fuji cherry

   shrubby Japanese cherry tree having pale pink blossoms

   Japanese cherry, Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus serrulata, oriental cherry

   ornamental tree with inedible fruits widely cultivated in many varieties for its white blossoms

   Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus sieboldii

   ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms

   Prunus subhirtella, rosebud cherry, winter flowering cherry

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

   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