Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prunus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: prunus
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] a caption by two 1740s Meissen plates ($27,500 for the pair) notes that they belonged to Saxon royals and have a pattern often mislabeled as a crouching lion but “in reality a tiger prowling amongst prunus.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prūnus. Doublet of prune and plum.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: prūnus

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does prunus mean?: A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
Where does prunus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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