Meanings
plural bird cherries
- Prunus padus or any deciduous species of Prunus subg. Padus that is closely related to it (tree or fruit).
On the verdant slope and down by the edge of the water, the bird-cherry and the mountain ash displayed their flowery garb of summer.
1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280 - Pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
Synonyms: pin berry, fire cherry
- rareSweet cherry (Prunus avium).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque otsagereziondo
- otsagereziondoPrunus padus
Bulgarian песеки́ня
- песеки́ня (pesekínja)Prunus padus
Catalan gatzerí, cirerer bord
- gatzeríPrunus padus
- cirerer bordPrunus padus
Chinese Mandarin 稠李, 臭李子
- 稠李 (chóulǐ)Prunus padus
- 臭李子 (chòulǐzi)Prunus padus
Danish hæg c [tree], almindelig hæg c [tree]
- hæg c [tree]Prunus padus
- almindelig hæg c [tree]Prunus padus
- majtræ n [tree]Prunus padus
- hæggebær n [fruit]Prunus padus
- hægebær n [fruit]Prunus padus
Estonian toomingas
- toomingasPrunus padus
Finnish tuomi [tree], metsätuomi [tree]
- tuomi [tree]Prunus padus
- metsätuomi [tree]Prunus padus
- tuomenmarja [fruit]Prunus padus
French merisier à grappes
- merisier à grappesPrunus padus
German Traubenkirsche, Ahlkirsche
- TraubenkirschePrunus padus
- AhlkirschePrunus padus
- ElsenkirschePrunus padus
- SumpfkirschePrunus padus
- FaulkirschePrunus padus
Hungarian zelnicemeggy, zselnicemeggy
- zelnicemeggyPrunus padus
- zselnicemeggyPrunus padus
Icelandic heggur, heggviður
- heggurPrunus padus
- heggviðurPrunus padus
Irish donnroisc
- donnroiscPrunus padus
Italian pado
- padoPrunus padus
Japanese エゾノウワミズザクラ, 蝦夷の上溝桜
- エゾノウワミズザクラ (ezo no uwamizuzakura)Prunus padus
- 蝦夷の上溝桜 (ezo no uwamizuzakura)Prunus padus
Korean 귀룽나무
- 귀룽나무 (gwirungnamu)Prunus padus
Latvian ieva
- ievaPrunus padus
Lithuanian ieva
- ievaPrunus padus
Norwegian Bokmål hegg
- heggPrunus padus
Polish czeremcha
- czeremchaPrunus padus
Portuguese azereiro-dos-danados
- azereiro-dos-danadosPrunus padus
Romanian mălin m [tree], mălină f [fruit]
- mălin m [tree]Prunus padus
- mălină f [fruit]Prunus padus
Russian черёмуха
- черёмуха (čerjómuxa)Prunus padus
Scottish Gaelic fiodhag, glocan
- fiodhagPrunus padus
- glocanPrunus padus
Slovak čremcha
- čremchaPrunus padus
Swedish hägg
- häggPrunus padus
Turkish kuş kirazı, ılgıncar
- kuş kirazıPrunus padus
- ılgıncarPrunus padus
Ukrainian чере́мха
- чере́мха (čerémxa)Prunus padus
Welsh ceiriosen yr aderyn, rhuddwernen
- ceiriosen yr aderynPrunus padus
- rhuddwernenPrunus padus
- llyngwrenPrunus padus
Cite this entry
bird cherry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20cherry
“bird cherry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20cherry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bird cherry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bird%20cherry.
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