cherry plum

American  

noun

1. a small tree, Prunus cerasifera, bearing edible yellow or reddish fruit.

2. the fruit of this tree.

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cherry plum British  

noun

1. Also called: myrobalan.  a small widely planted Asian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasifera, with white flowers and red or yellow cherry-like fruit

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Example Sentences

P. cerasifera Pissardii, the purple-leaved Cherry plum, is a remarkable and handsome variety, in which the leaves are deep purple, thus rendering the plant one of the most distinct and ornamental-foliaged of the family.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan