Prunus mahaleb

Translingual

Prunus mahaleb

Etymology

From Prunus + Arabic مَحْلَب (maḥlab, “mahaleb cherry”).

Proper noun

Prunus mahaleb f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Rosaceae – mahaleb cherry, a cherry tree that is the source of the Middle Eastern spice mahleb.

Synonyms

• (species): mahaleb cherry, perfumed cherry, St. Lucie cherry

Hypernyms

• (species): Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Amygdaloideae - subfamily; Amygdaleae - tribe; Prunus - genus; Prunus subg. Cerasus - subgenus; Prunus sect. Cerasus - section

Hyponyms

• (species): Prunus mahaleb subsp. cupaniana, Prunus mahaleb subsp. mahaleb, Prunus mahaleb subsp. simonkaii - subspecies

References

• Prunus mahaleb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prunus mahaleb on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Prunus mahaleb on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Prunus mahaleb at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Prunus mahaleb at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Prunus mahaleb at USDA Plants database
• Prunus mahaleb at Tropicos
• Prunus mahaleb at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Prunus+mahaleb at The Plant List