Sorbusn.
/ˈsɔːbəs/ A Linnæan genus (now placed under Pyrus) including the service-tree, mountain-ash, etc.; a tree belonging to this genus. Also attributive.
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Sorbus1706
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 456 The pinnated smooth-leaved Sorbus.
1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Sorbus domestica, seu Pyrus, Sorbus Tree, Service, or Sorb.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.1706- grave-bound
- grave-brass
- grave-browed
- grave-clad
- grave-clod
- grave-cloth
- grave-clothes
- grave-coloured
- grave-cover
- grave-deep
- grave-digging
- grave-eyed
- grave-faced
- grave-fellow
- grave-field
- grave-find
- grave-furniture
- grave-garth
- grave-goods
- grave-ground
- grave-group
- grave-hearted
- grave-hill
- grave-hoard
- grave-interment