1. small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves; [syn: big-tree plum, Prunus mexicana]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Prunus mexicana
n 1: small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-
red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its
large leaves [syn: big-tree plum, Prunus mexicana]