shadbush

[ shad-boo sh ]
/ ˈʃædˌbʊʃ /

noun

the serviceberry, Amelanchier canadensis.
any of various other species of Amelanchier.

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Also called shad·blow [shad-bloh] /ˈʃædˌbloʊ/.

Origin of shadbush

1810–20, Americanism; shad (see shadberry) + bush1

Words nearby shadbush

shackup, shacky, shad, shadberry, shadbolt, shadbush, shadchan, shaddai, shaddock, shade, shade cloth
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British Dictionary definitions for shadbush

shadbush
/ (ˈʃædˌbʊʃ) /

noun

another name for serviceberry (def. 1)
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