genus prunus

1. 1.

   a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions

   SynonymsPrunus

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofRosaceae

Questions about genus prunus

What does genus prunus mean?

genus prunus means "a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions".

What is another word for genus prunus?

Close synonyms include Prunus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus prunus a common word?

genus prunus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.