serviceberry meaning

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serviceberry (noun): any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit.

serviceberry has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

serviceberry as a noun

  1. any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit

    Synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, shadbush, shadblow

    Type of: shrub

    Kinds: alderleaf Juneberry, Bartram Juneberry

  2. edible purple or red berries

    Synonyms: saskatoon, shadberry, juneberry

    Type of: berry

Scrabble score: 22 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in RY · 12-letter words

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