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serviceberry
[ sur-vis-ber-ee ]
noun
, plural serv·ice·ber·ries.
- the fruit of any service tree.
- a North American shrub or small tree, Amelanchier canadensis, of the rose family, having serrate, oblong leaves, clusters of white flowers,and a berrylike fruit.
- any of various other plants of the genus Amelanchier.
serviceberry
/ ˈsɜːvɪsˌbɛrɪ /
noun
- Also calledshadbush any of various North American rosaceous trees or shrubs of the genus Amelanchier, esp A. canadensis, which has white flowers and edible purplish berries
- the fruit of any of these plants
- the fruit of the service tree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of serviceberry1
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Example Sentences
He'll sit on his haunches before a serviceberry tree, bend the branches with his paws, and eat off the red fruit wholesale.
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Thickets of Gambel oak and Utah serviceberry cover many hillsides and form a zone of brush at higher elevations in the park.
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A small nest of shredded juniper bark, and a few leaves of serviceberry, were found inside the log.
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The woodcut began with a drawing in pen-and-ink on the plank surface of a smooth-grained wood such as pear, serviceberry, or box.
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In his eyes was the vision of nest and mate, where the serviceberry thicket grew by the wide sub-arctic waters.
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