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bird cherry

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Prunus padus or any deciduous species of Prunus subg. Padus that is closely related to it (tree or fruit).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

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4

noun

Meaning 4

any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bird cherry tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wild cherry, wild cherry tree

Narrower terms: hagberry tree, European bird cherry, common bird cherry, Prunus padus, pin cherry, Prunus pensylvanica

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Southern Altai: јодро (ǰodro) — Prunus padus
  • Southern Altai: јымырыт (ǰïmïrït) — Prunus padus
  • Bashkir: муйыл (muyıl) — Prunus padus
  • Basque: otsagereziondo — Prunus padus
  • Belarusian: чаро́мха (čarómxa) — Prunus padus
  • Bulgarian: песеки́ня (pesekínja) — Prunus padus
  • Catalan: gatzerí — Prunus padus
  • Catalan: cirerer bord — Prunus padus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 稠李 (chóulǐ) — Prunus padus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臭李子 (chòulǐzi) — Prunus padus
  • Chuvash: ҫӗмӗрт (śĕmĕrt) — Prunus padus
  • Danish: hæg c [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Danish: almindelig hæg c [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Danish: majtræ n [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Danish: hæggebær n [fruit] — Prunus padus
  • Danish: hægebær n [fruit] — Prunus padus
  • Erzya: лёмзёркс (ľomźorks) — Prunus padus
  • Estonian: toomingas — Prunus padus
  • Evenki: инӈэктэмкӯрэ̄ [tree] (inŋəktəmkūrə̄) — Prunus padus
  • Evenki: инӈэктэ [fruit] (inŋəktə) — Prunus padus
  • Faroese: heggur m [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Faroese: heggtræ n [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Faroese: heggrunnur m [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Faroese: heggber [fruit] — Prunus padus
  • Finnish: tuomi [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Finnish: metsätuomi [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Finnish: tuomenmarja [fruit] — Prunus padus
  • French: merisier à grappes — Prunus padus
  • Galician: gregoriño — Prunus padus
  • Galician: pau de san gregorio — Prunus padus
  • Galician: acereiro dos danados — Prunus padus
  • German: Traubenkirsche — Prunus padus
  • German: Ahlkirsche — Prunus padus
  • German: Elsenkirsche — Prunus padus
  • German: Sumpfkirsche — Prunus padus
  • German: Faulkirsche — Prunus padus
  • Hungarian: zelnicemeggy — Prunus padus
  • Hungarian: zselnicemeggy — Prunus padus
  • Icelandic: heggur — Prunus padus
  • Icelandic: heggviður — Prunus padus
  • Irish: donnroisc — Prunus padus
  • Italian: pado — Prunus padus
  • Japanese: エゾノウワミズザクラ (ezo no uwamizuzakura) — Prunus padus
  • Japanese: 蝦夷の上溝桜 (ezo no uwamizuzakura) — Prunus padus
  • Kaitag: ччурк (ččurk) — Prunus padus
  • Karachay-Balkar: къара къайын (qara qayın) — Prunus padus
  • Karachay-Balkar: къара мырзы (qara mırzı) — Prunus padus
  • Karachay-Balkar: жымыртхы (jımırtxı) — Prunus padus
  • Kazakh: мойыл (moiyl) — Prunus padus
  • Ket: бальн — Prunus padus
  • Ket: хи [fruit] — Prunus padus
  • Khakas: нымырт (nımırt) — Prunus padus
  • Korean: 귀룽나무 (gwirungnamu) — Prunus padus
  • Latgalian: īva — Prunus padus
  • Latvian: ieva — Prunus padus
  • Lithuanian: ieva — Prunus padus
  • Macedonian: сре́мза (srémza) — Prunus padus
  • Manchu: ᠶᡝᠩᡤᡝ (yengge) — Prunus padus
  • Northern Mansi: ля̄м (lâ̄m) — Prunus padus
  • Eastern Mari: ломбо (lombo) — Prunus padus
  • Western Mari: ломбы (lomby) — Prunus padus
  • Moksha: лайме (lajme) — Prunus padus
  • Mongolian: мойл (mojl) — Prunus padus
  • Nivkh: кып (kəp) — Prunus padus
  • Nivkh: кап (kap) — Prunus padus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hegg — Prunus padus
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hegg — Prunus padus
  • Old Norse: heggr — Prunus padus
  • Orok: синэктэ (sinəktə) — Prunus padus
  • Ossetian: къӕбырттӕг (k’æbyrttæg) — Prunus padus
  • Polish: czeremcha — Prunus padus
  • Portuguese: azereiro-dos-danados — Prunus padus
  • Romanian: mălin m [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Romanian: mălină f [fruit] — Prunus padus
  • Romansh: alaussa — Prunus padus
  • Russian: черёмуха (čerjómuxa) — Prunus padus
  • Northern Sami: ávža — Prunus padus
  • Northern Sami: duopma — Prunus padus
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiodhag — Prunus padus
  • Scottish Gaelic: glocan — Prunus padus
  • Serbo-Croatian: sremza — Prunus padus
  • Shor: ныбырт — Prunus padus
  • Slovak: čremcha — Prunus padus
  • Slovene: čremsa — Prunus padus
  • Upper Sorbian: kitkata wišnja — Prunus padus
  • Swedish: hägg — Prunus padus
  • Tatar: şomırt — Prunus padus
  • Turkish: kuş kirazı — Prunus padus
  • Turkish: ılgıncar — Prunus padus
  • Tuvan: чодураа (çoduraa) — Prunus padus
  • Udihe: иӈофо (iŋofo) — Prunus padus
  • Udihe: чуʼаи (ču’ai) — Prunus padus
  • Ukrainian: чере́мха (čerémxa) — Prunus padus
  • Uzbek: shumurt — Prunus padus
  • Volapük: padudabim [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Volapük: padudep [tree] — Prunus padus
  • Volapük: padud [fruit] — Prunus padus
  • Welsh: ceiriosen yr aderyn — Prunus padus
  • Welsh: rhuddwernen — Prunus padus
  • Welsh: llyngwren — Prunus padus
  • Yakut: хаппырыас (qappïrïas) — Prunus padus
  • Yakut: харас (qaras) — Prunus padus