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serviceberry /sûrˈvis-be-ri/ noun- Any of several N American trees or shrubs of the genus Amelanchier, having clusters of white flowers and edible red or purple berries (also called shadberry, shadbush, shadblow, Juneberry)
- The sweet fruit of several species (also called shadberry, Juneberry). See also under service2
shad /shad/ noun- An anadromous fish related to the herring
- Extended to various other similar but unrelated fishes
ORIGIN: OE sceadd shadˈ-bellied adjective - Flat-bellied, opp to pot-bellied
- (of a coat) sloping away gradually in front
shadˈberry noun - The serviceberry shrub (also shadˈbush or shadˈblow)
- The fruit of the serviceberry, which flowers at shad spawning-time
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