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bird cherries

bird cherries is the plural of bird cherry.

Meaning of bird cherry

Noun

bird cherry (plural bird cherries)

  1. Prunus padus or any deciduous species of Prunus subg. Padus that is closely related to it (tree or fruit).
    • On the verdant slope and down by the edge of the water, the bird-cherry and the mountain ash displayed their flowery garb of summer.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280
  2. Pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
    Synonyms:
    pin berry, fire cherry
  3. (rare) Sweet cherry (Prunus avium).

Questions about bird cherries

What is bird cherries the plural of?
Bird cherries is the plural of bird cherry.

Words near bird cherries in the dictionary

  1. bird breeder's lung
  2. bird burst
  3. bird bursts
  4. bird cage
  5. bird cages
  6. bird cherries
  7. bird cherry
  8. bird chorus
  9. bird choruses
  10. bird cliff
  11. bird cliffs

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