flowering almond

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Noun	1.	flowering almond - deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowersPrunus trilobaalmond tree - any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts
	2.	flowering almond - woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossomsoriental bush cherry, Prunus japonicaalmond tree - any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts

flowering almond

flowering almond,

name for several species of ornamental shrubs of the genus Prunus, of the family Rosaceae (roserose,
common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses.
..... Click the link for more information. family), chiefly those which also include the true almond, peach, plum, cherry, and apricot. The pink or white blossoms (often double) usually appear before the leaves. These species are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

flowering almond

symbol of spring; blooms in winter. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 71]See: Hope

flowering almond

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noun deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers

Synonyms

Prunus triloba

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almond tree

noun woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms

Synonyms

oriental bush cherry
Prunus japonica

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almond tree