Padus

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Padus f

1. Certain shrubs and trees with cherry-like fruit, including bird cherries, false bird cherries, cherry laurels, and similar shrubs and tree of former genus Pygaeum
   1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – now a subgenus of Prunus.
   2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Rosaceae – Prunus subg. Padus.

Hypernyms

• (subgenus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae – family; Amygdaloideae – subfamily; Amygdaleae – tribe; Prunus – genus

Hyponyms

• (subgenus): For species see Prunus subg. Padus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Padus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Prunus subg. Padus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Prunus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Padus at Plants of the World Online