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flowering almond
  1. n. deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers [syn: Prunus triloba]

  2. woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms [syn: oriental bush cherry, Prunus japonica]

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Flowering almond

Flowering almond is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

  • Prunus glandulosa
  • Prunus jacquemontii
  • Prunus triloba

Usage examples of "flowering almond".

In the rear gardens of the inn Kayla napped in a folding crib near the flowering almond Murphy had planted for her.

The apocryphal staff that became a serpent which swallowed up those produced by the lesser magicians of the Egyptian court and which, on another occasion, sprouted branches of flowering almond overnight.