chokecherry
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- noun
- /ˈtʃoʊkˌtʃɛri/
- Specialized
:
cereza amarga
- In late summer, I harvested fresh berries from the chokecherry tree in my backyard.
- chokecherry tree
- wild chokecherry
- chokecherry bush
Examples
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The pickers sit beneath apple trees or under Ponderosa pines along an irrigation ditch where chokecherry and wild rose thrive, along with elderberry, snowberry, and blackberry.
Fiction book (1999) -
The night air was blue, and shadows bounced under the chokecherry tree in the backyard.
Fiction book (1990) -
The last time I'd been there, the hole was full of chokecherry, but the wind had brought most of them down, making it look like the nest of a giant bird.
Fiction book (1995) -
Just up from the stony beach, the sawgrass and chokecherry bushes began.
Fiction book (1999) -
In some northwestern areas of Colorado, officers report that the rains came too late for serviceberries and chokecherries, a significant source of food for bears.
Blog text (29) -
Also abundant are chokecherries, juneberries, raspberries, and wild sarsaparilla.
Academic text (2011) -
Among them, along the creeks and coulees now, seams of yellow, lime, and gold were starting to show, as the nights gave a first brush of frost to the willow and chokecherry.
Fiction book (1998) -
Nearly three twisty miles by horseback down the gulch is the Maudlow Road, where the Ford sits stashed behind chokecherry bushes.
Fiction book (1993) -
The birds feasted on the ripe chokecherry fruits before I could pick them.
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During our hike, we spotted a chokecherry tree covered in clusters of dark berries.
Synonyms
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A wild North American cherry tree with small dark berries that taste bitter and attract birds
A small wild tree with bitter black cherries that birds eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chokecherry is made from the parts choke and cherry because people found the tree's berries so sour they could make the throat feel tight, like 'choking'. So the tree is named after its sharp-tasting fruit.