Chinese cherry

noun

Chinese flowering cherry (Prunus cyclamina)

Meanings

nounChinese cherry (plural Chinese cherries)

plural Chinese cherries

  1. Any of several species of genus Prunus:
    1. Chinese flowering cherry (Prunus cyclamina)
    2. Chinese plum-cherry (Prunus humilis)
    3. Chinese sour cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus)
    4. Chinese dwarf cherry, Chinese bush cherry (Prunus tomentosa)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Chinese, cherry.

Translations

Japanese 唐実桜
  • 唐実桜 (karamizakura)Prunus pseudocerasus
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APA

Chinese cherry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20cherry

MLA

“Chinese cherry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20cherry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chinese cherry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chinese%20cherry.

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