prunus amygdalus

Questions about prunus amygdalus

What does prunus amygdalus mean?

prunus amygdalus means "small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California".

What is another word for prunus amygdalus?

Close synonyms include almond, sweet almond, Prunus dulcis, Amygdalus communis. 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 prunus amygdalus a common word?

prunus amygdalus 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.