service berry

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service berry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Service \Serv"ice\, n., or Service \Serv"ice\ [Properly, the
     tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS.
     syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.)
     A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus
     Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and Pyrus torminalis of
     Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree,
     and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad).
     They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.
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     Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service
        tree. In British America the name is especially applied to
        that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush
        (Amelanchier.)
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  Juneberry \June"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus
         Amelanchier; -- also called service berry.
     (b) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called
         shad bush, and shad tree.
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