sorb tree

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sorb tree - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sorb \Sorb\, n.[L. sorbus the tree, sorbum the fruit; cf. F.
     sorbe. See Service tree.] (Bot.)
     (a) The wild service tree (Pyrus torminalis) of Europe;
         also, the rowan tree.
     (b) The fruit of these trees.
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     Sorb apple, the fruit of the sorb, or wild service tree.
  
     Sorb tree, the wild service tree.
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