The difference between Bird cherry and Hackberry

When used as nouns, bird cherry means a cherry tree, prunus padus, native to the northern eurasia, whereas hackberry means any of several deciduous trees of the genus celtis, widespread over the northern hemisphere, having small fruit.


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  1. Bird cherry as a noun:

    A cherry tree, Prunus padus, native to the northern Eurasia.

  2. Bird cherry as a noun:

    Any of several of the species of cherry trees sometimes grouped in the subgenus or section Prunus sect. Laurocerasus of Prunus subg. Cerasus (), of eastern Asia () (), of Japan (), of eastern Asia ()

  3. Bird cherry as a noun:

    A berry (fruit) produced by these trees.

  4. Bird cherry as a noun (rare):

    sweet cherry, Prunus avium

  1. Hackberry as a noun:

    Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Celtis, widespread over the Northern Hemisphere, having small fruit.

  2. Hackberry as a noun:

    The fruit of these plants.

  3. Hackberry as a noun (uncountable):

    The wood of these plants.

  4. Hackberry as a noun:

    Prunus padus, a species of cherry tree, of Eurasia, or its berry.

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