service tree

service tree

n.1. Either of two Mediterranean trees (Sorbus domestica or S. torminalis) in the rose family, having clusters of white flowers, saw-toothed leaves, and edible brownish fruit.2. See serviceberry.

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[From Middle English serves, pl. of serve, the service tree, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus.]

service tree

n 1. (Plants) Also called: sorb a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Sorbus domestica, cultivated for its white flowers and brown edible apple-like fruits 2. (Plants) wild service tree a similar and related Eurasian tree, Sorbus torminalis [service, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin sorbea (unattested), from Latin sorbus sorb]

serv′ice tree`

n. either of two European mountain ashes, Sorbusdomestica or S.torminalis, of the rose family, both bearing a small acid fruit that is edible when overripe. [1535–45]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	service tree - medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruitsorb apple, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domesticasorb, sorb apple - acid gritty-textured fruitmountain ash - any of various trees of the genus SorbusSorbus torminalis, wild service tree - European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit
	2.	service tree - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruitJuneberry, serviceberry, shadblow, shadbushshadberry, juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry - edible purple or red berriesAmelanchier, genus Amelanchier - North American deciduous trees or shrubsalderleaf Juneberry, alder-leaved serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia - shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruitsAmelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry - open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruitsbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems