Uranus
Example Sentences
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It’s a 12th century Qingbai ware prunus vase, a meiping jar.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
When Susie pitched it to me, I didn’t even realize how perfect it was: A prunus vase is usually what they put plum blossoms in, and meiping means beautiful plum vase.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
The choices include forsythia, various willows and Japanese flowering quince, as well as a range of prunus, specifically Japanese flowering apricot, flowering plum, flowering cherry and fruiting peach.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2021
Like its plum and apricot cousins in the prunus family, the peach carries a hard seed husk—its “stone”—beneath the fuzzy skin and flesh.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2021
It would be a prunus vase—the most elegant of all the shapes.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
