prunus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin prūnus. Doublet of prune and plum. === Noun === prunus (uncountable) (ceramics) A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume. === Anagrams === nupurs, run ups, run-ups, runs up, runups, upruns == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek προύνη (proúnē), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpruː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpruː.nus] === Noun === prūnus f (genitive prūnī); second declension plum tree. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== prūnniceus prūnum ==== Descendants ==== === References === “prunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “prunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “prunus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.