The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . ack and cutting edge ofthe blade nearly parallel, but with the back only half astliick as the tooth-edge. pruning-shears (proning-sherz), Shearsfor pruning shrubs. One form has one of the bladesmoving on a pivot, which works in an oblong opening in-stead of a circular one. by which means a draw-cut is pro-duced similar to that of a knife, instead of the crushingcut pioduced by common shears. Prunus (pronus), n. [NL. (Tom-nefort, 1700),< L. ^ri(«««, j
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . ack and cutting edge ofthe blade nearly parallel, but with the back only half astliick as the tooth-edge. pruning-shears (proning-sherz), Shearsfor pruning shrubs. One form has one of the bladesmoving on a pivot, which works in an oblong opening in-stead of a circular one. by which means a draw-cut is pro-duced similar to that of a knife, instead of the crushingcut pioduced by common shears. Prunus (pronus), n. [NL. (Tom-nefort, 1700),< L. ^ri(«««, jilum-tree: see prune^.] A genusof rosaceous trees, the type of the tribe Pru-neie. It is characterized by a flve-lobed calyx, Ave pet-als, commonly broad, large, and showy, numerous stamens,and a single ovai-y, becoming in fruit a fleshy drupe with ahard, smooth, or roughened bony stone, containing a sin-gle pendulous seed with two thick seed-leaves. There areabout 96 species, mainly natives of north temperate re-gions, also numerous in tropical America, rare in tropical-•Vsia, and elsewhere entirely lacking. They are usually. Wild Yellow or Red Plum iPritniis ..l>nerica»a).I. Branch with flowers. 2. Branch with leaves and fruit. small trees, sometimes shrubs, bearing alternate undi-vided leaves. usu;tll> linely toothed and folded lengthwiseby the midrib () in the bud. The white,pink, or rose-cnlnicd tlowers are in umbel-like clusters orracemes, or sometiiiies solitary. Many of the most valua-ble fruit-trees bilcng ti> this genus, including the peach,ai)ricot, cherry, and plum. Many are used as febrifugesttr fnrolln ]? medicinal properties. A gum exudes from theirbaili. esjiiTJally in the cherry. Nearly all parts containthe eU-nunts iif prussic acid, rendering the kernels andbark of snme species poisonous if eaten freely, particu-larly the wilted leaves and young branches of some cher-ries One fourth of the known species are American, ofwhich 14 ar
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