service tree
Meanings
noun
- Either of two rare Old World deciduous trees, Sorbus domestica or Sorbus torminalis.
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Etymology
Properly, the tree that bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve (“sorb apple, serviceberry”), from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus (“service tree”). See sorb.
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