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service tree
noun
- 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
- Also calledsorb a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Sorbus domestica, cultivated for its white flowers and brown edible apple-like fruits
- wild service treea similar and related Eurasian tree, Sorbus torminalis
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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.
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In addition to these there are the wild service tree, white beam, and mountain ash, the last called by the old man the rowan.
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She had made earrings for herself with the berries of the service-tree.
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The general form of the leaf is egg-shaped, while that of the Service Tree is cordate.
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Longleaf Service Tree (Amelanchier obovalis) is by some regarded a variety rather than a species.
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