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chokeberry
[ chohk-ber-ee, -buh-ree ]
noun
- the berrylike fruit of any North American shrub of the genus Aronia, of the rose family, especially A. arbutifolia red chokeberry, A. melanocarpa black chokeberry, or A. prunifolia purple chokeberry.
- the plant that bears this fruit.
chokeberry
/ -brɪ; ˈtʃəʊkbərɪ /
noun
- any of various North American rosaceous shrubs of the genus Aronia
- the red or purple bitter fruit of any of these shrubs
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She afterwards discovered that the pink juice of chokeberry did very well for lips, cheeks, and gay dresses.
Chokeberry, buckthorn, elder berry, and mulberry will attract birds away from blackberry and raspberry patches.
There were thickets of aronia or chokeberry, whose flat white blossoms and reddish bark showed its kinship to the apple tree.
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