prunus

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noun

A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.

OriginLatin prūnus →
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Meanings

nounprunus (uncountable)
  1. uncountableceramicsA type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.

    […] a caption by two 1740s Meissen plates ($27,500 for the pair) notes that they belonged to Saxon royals and have a pattern often mislabeled as a crouching lion but “in reality a tiger prowling amongst prunus.”

    2009 January 23, Eve M. Kahn, “Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely.”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Latinprūnus
  2. Englishprunus

Borrowed from Latin prūnus. Doublet of prune and plum.

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APA

prunus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prunus

MLA

“prunus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prunus. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prunus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prunus.

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