Prunus
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume. uncountable
"[…] 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.”"
Example
More examples"[…] 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.