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service tree

noun

  1. either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis wild service tree, bearing a similar fruit.


service tree

noun

  1. Also calledsorb a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Sorbus domestica, cultivated for its white flowers and brown edible apple-like fruits
  2. wild service tree
    a similar and related Eurasian tree, Sorbus torminalis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of service tree1

First recorded in 1535–45
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Word History and Origins

Origin of service tree1

service, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin sorbea (unattested), from Latin sorbus sorb
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Example Sentences

A service tree laden with sweet red fruit stood in front of her, and she passed it by.

In addition to these there are the wild service tree, white beam, and mountain ash, the last called by the old man the rowan.

She had made earrings for herself with the berries of the service-tree.

The general form of the leaf is egg-shaped, while that of the Service Tree is cordate.

Longleaf Service Tree (Amelanchier obovalis) is by some regarded a variety rather than a species.

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