japanese flowering cherry

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsPrunus sieboldii

   Broaderflowering cherry
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsoriental cherryJapanese cherryPrunus serrulata

   Broaderflowering cherry

Questions about japanese flowering cherry

What does japanese flowering cherry mean?

japanese flowering cherry means "ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for japanese flowering cherry?

Close synonyms include Prunus sieboldii, oriental cherry, Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata. 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 japanese flowering cherry a common word?

japanese flowering cherry 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.