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bird cherry (dict)
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Bird CherrySee text The bird cherries are a subgenus of the genus Prunus, characterised by having deciduous leaves, flowers 12-30 together on slender racemes produced in late spring well after leaf emergence, and small, sour fruit usually only palatable to birds, whence the name. They are native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Some botanists treat the subgenus as a distinct genus Padus. - Species
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