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noun
A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: ceramics, chemistry, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Prunus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rosid dicot genus
History
Borrowed from Latin prūnus. Doublet of prune and plum.
