Flowering cherry and Japanese flowering cherry

Flowering cherry noun - Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Prunus cultivated for their showy white or pink single or double blossoms.

Japanese flowering cherry and flowering cherry are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Japanese flowering cherry" with "Flowering cherry", this phrases are similar.

Japanese flowering cherry noun - Ornamental tree with inedible fruit widely cultivated in many varieties for its pink blossoms.

Flowering cherry and Japanese flowering cherry are semantically related. You can use "Flowering cherry" instead a noun phrase "Japanese flowering cherry".