prunus padus

Questions about prunus padus

What does prunus padus mean?

prunus padus means "small European cherry tree closely resembling the American chokecherry".

What is another word for prunus padus?

Close synonyms include hagberry tree, European bird cherry, common bird cherry. 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 padus a common word?

prunus padus 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.