prunus nigra

1. 1.

   small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit

   SynonymsCanada plum

   Broaderplum

Questions about prunus nigra

What does prunus nigra mean?

prunus nigra means "small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit".

What is another word for prunus nigra?

Close synonyms include Canada plum. 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 nigra a common word?

prunus nigra 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.