serviceberry
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- noun
- /ˈsɜrvɪsˌbɛri/
- US
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serviceberry
- A nice multi-trunked Serviceberry would look great anchoring that corner.
- serviceberry tree
- serviceberry thicket
Examples
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I like the idea of the spikenard and serviceberry, and I love those ostrich ferns.
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Or maybe a Serviceberry plant?
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Figure 2 shows two students observing a serviceberry tree in their front yard.
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I would replace them either with Serviceberry (Amelanchier) or Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia).
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In spring, the serviceberry tree is covered in beautiful white flowers that attract many pollinators.
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The ripe serviceberry berries are delicious and can be used to make jams and pies.
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Children love to pick the sweet serviceberry fruits from the trees during their summer hikes.
Synonyms
A small tree or bush with white flowers and sweet edible berries
A North American tree or bush that loses its leaves and makes small edible berries
A tree or shrub with white flowers and dark blue berries you can eat
A small tree or bush with white spring flowers and dark berries you can eat
A North American tree or shrub with white flowers and blue-black edible fruit
A North American tree or shrub with white flowers that makes dark edible berries
Compounds
A small tree or bush from northwestern North America with creamy white flowers and small purple-red berries
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Serviceberry likely comes from an old local form sarvis, a name people used in parts of North America when the tree flowered in spring and roads thawed so they could go to church 'service' again. That's why the name is linked to the shrub or small tree and the time of year it blooms.