English Explanatory Dictionary

serviceberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.
  2. The berries of those trees
  3. Any plant of the genus Amelanchier of small deciduous trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae.
  4. The berry of such a plant.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-serviceberry.wav

Word forms

serviceberry serviceberries service-berry service berry

Etymology

Compound of service (“sorb tree”) + berry. (The first part is from Latin sorbus, not English service (“assistance”).)

Synonyms

service tree currant-tree Juneberry shad-blossom shadbush saskatoon

Derived words

running serviceberry

Translations

Azerbaijani: irqa Belarusian: ірга́ Bulgarian: ирга Cheyenne: hetanémeno'e Chinese Mandarin: 唐棣属 Chinook Jargon: təmstiyu Czech: muchovník Danish: bærmispel Dutch: krentenboompje Esperanto: amelanĉo Estonian: toompihlakas Finnish: tuomipihlaja Finnish: tuomipihlajan marja French: amélanchier French: amélanche German: Felsenbirne Hungarian: fanyarka Irish: sceach na sead Irish: caor sceach na sead Japanese: ザイフリボク属 Korean: 채진목속 Lithuanian: medlieva Livvi: tuomipihl’ai Mingrelian: ქურქეჸომური Norwegian: blåheggslekta Polish: świdośliwa Portuguese: amelanqueiro Russian: ирга́ Northern Sami: ávžaskábit Serbo-Croatian: мѐрала Serbo-Croatian: кру̑швица Serbo-Croatian: ко̏зја ја̏бучица Serbo-Croatian: mèrala Serbo-Croatian: krȗšvica Serbo-Croatian: kȍzja jȁbučica Upper Sorbian: muchownik Spanish: guillomo Swedish: häggmispelsläktet Ukrainian: ірга́ Ukrainian: коринка Ukrainian: бішмула́ Umatilla: kkáasu Cherokee: ᎤᏙᎳᏂ Yurok: menomen
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