Bird cherry is a common name for the European plant ''
Prunus padus''.
Bird cherry may also refer to:
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''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'', a group of species closely related to ''Prunus padus''
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Prunus avium
''Prunus avium'', commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry, gean, or bird cherryWorld Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, ...
'', the cultivated cherry, with the Latin epithet "avium" meaning "bird"
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Prunus pensylvanica
''Prunus pensylvanica'', also known as bird cherry, fire cherry, pin cherry, and red cherry, is a North American cherry species in the genus ''Prunus''.
Description
''Prunus pensylvanica'' grows as a shrub or small tree, usually with a straigh ...
'', native to North America
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