Prunus
(proo′nŭs)
[L. prunus, plum tree]
A genus of more than 400 trees and shrubs, found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and including the plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Prunus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772348/all/Prunus.
Prunus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772348/all/Prunus. Accessed April 4, 2025.
Prunus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772348/all/Prunus
Prunus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/772348/all/Prunus.
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