Definition of "sakura" []

• Cherry tree (noun)
• Cherry blossom (Japanese cherry tree) (noun)

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• "Not only are their blossoms ubiquitous at this time of year but so is "sakura," the Japanese word for cherry, which shows up in poetry and on Japanese kimonos, pottery, paintings and even cakes and other confections."
• "The cherry blossoms -- or in Japanese, sakura -- have made it through changing times, environmental challenges, and even most recently, the attention of our local population of beavers."
• "The flowering cherry was and still is of course the symbol of Japan, and during the Japanese period it was called by the Japanese name sakura, even though the tree grew natively and was much loved by the Korean people."