Prunus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prunus is a noun meaning (ceramics) A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
Meaning
(ceramics) A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
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.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include plum, prune, prunello, prunelle, peach, groundcherry.
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