serviceberry

/ˈsʌrvəsˌbɛri/
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Other forms: serviceberries

Definitions of serviceberry
  1. noun
    any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
    synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, shadblow, shadbush
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    types:
    Amelanchier alnifolia, alder-leaved serviceberry, alderleaf Juneberry
    shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits
    Amelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry
    open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits
    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  2. noun
    edible purple or red berries
    synonyms: juneberry, saskatoon, shadberry
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    type of:
    berry
    any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
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