Juneberry

American  

[joon-ber-ee, -buh-ree] / ˈdʒunˌbɛr i, -bə ri /

noun

Juneberries plural

1. the American serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.

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Juneberry British  

/ ˈdʒuːnˌbɛrɪ /

noun

1. another name for serviceberry serviceberry

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Juneberries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Juneberry

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; June + berry

Example Sentences

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Juneberry Juneberries

“We will paint this space Juneberry, and it will wrap you in this scrumptious hug of color,” she told them.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

They will later have the family’s weekly Sunday dinner, when all her cousins and siblings and aunts pack into Jewel’s house to eat “Indian tacos” and dip homemade bread in sweet Juneberry soup.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2018

Mr. Kellogg: The barberry— Mr. Mahler: The barberry would be all right, but I prefer the Juneberry and the mulberry and the dogwood, because they come up a little higher.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

The trees were largely oak and beech and ash and birch, and in the spring there were great splashes of white where the Juneberry trees had burst into bloom.

From A Man and a Woman by Waterloo, Stanley

It is like the Canadian Juneberry or Snowy Mespilus, but not so beautiful.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas

Summer brings a bevy of berries — Juneberries, raspberries, blackberries — along with chanterelle and hen of the woods mushrooms.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022

A large number of seedlings of Chinese apricot, Chinese peach, native grapes, Juneberries and bullberries passed through the winter with little or no injury.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

Juneberries; with oblong or ovate leaves and small stipules which fall early; lateral buds with more than one external scale 42b, in ROSACEAE, p.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan