cherry vs Prunus

cherry and Prunus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cherry	Yes	Yes	No	No
Prunus	Yes	No	No	No

cherry (noun)	Prunus (noun)
a red the color of ripe cherries	a genus of shrubs and trees of the family Rosaceae that is widely distributed in temperate regions
a red fruit with a single hard stone
any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood
wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry

cherry (adjective)	Prunus (adjective)
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies