serviceberries
- plural of serviceberry.
Example Sentences
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For example, serviceberries are having a moment because they give you that multi-season, summer-fall fruits, and are such colorful hedges.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
Now the rolling hills have been reclaimed by ponderosa pines, arrowleaf balsamroot, serviceberries and lupines.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2022
Garlic mustard and chickweed at the start of spring, elderflower and nettle in the season; serviceberries, mulberries and mugwort in summer; and pawpaws, persimmons and crab apples in fall.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
While many younger Black people didn’t grow up going to the woods to “shop,” they have learned about lesser-known fruits such as serviceberries and the common cold remedy burdock root through books or the internet.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
During his absence they had killed one of the mountain cocks, a few pheasants, and some small fish, on which with haws and serviceberries they had subsisted.
