flowering almond

flowering almond
noun
1. deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers
• Syn: ↑Prunus triloba
• Hypernyms: ↑almond tree
2. woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms
• Hypernyms: ↑almond tree

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noun
: any of three woody plants of the genus Prunus grown for their showy flowers:
a. : a Chinese shrub or small tree (P. triloka) with fruit furrowed and hairy but becoming smooth
b. : a low Chinese shrub (P. glandulosa) or a similar Japanese shrub (P. japonica) with smooth unfurrowed fruit

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flowering almond,
a shrub of the rose family grown for its pink or white flowers.

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