prunus mume

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   Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits

   SynonymsJapanese apricotmei

   Broaderapricot

Questions about prunus mume

What does prunus mume mean?

prunus mume means "Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits".

What is another word for prunus mume?

Close synonyms include Japanese apricot, mei. 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 mume a common word?

prunus mume 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.