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noun
Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Its bittersweet astringent fruit, readily eaten by birds.
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small cherry much liked by birds
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Broader terms: fruit
History
From hag + berry. According to Some Folklore of Trees, Animals, and River-fishing from the N.E. of Scotland, "The wood of the 'hackberry' or bird-cherry (Prunus padus) is not used as a staff or for any other purpose, as it is looked on as the witch's tree."
