serviceberry

serviceberry

English

a serviceberry - Amelanchier asiatica

Etymology

From service +‎ berry.

Noun

serviceberry (plural serviceberries)

1. (Europe) Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.

   Synonym: service tree

   1. The berries of those trees
2. (Canada, US) Any plant of the genus Amelanchier of small deciduous trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae.

   Synonyms: currant-tree, Juneberry, shad-blossom, shadbush

   1. The berry of such a plant.

Translations

Amelanchier

Azerbaijani: irqa Belarusian: ірга́ f (irhá) Bulgarian: ирга f (irga) Cheyenne: hetanémeno'e Chinese: Mandarin: 唐棣属 Czech: muchovník Danish: bærmispel Dutch: krentenboompje n Estonian: toompihlakas Finnish: tuomipihlaja (fi) French: amélanchier (fr) m German: Felsenbirne (de) f Hungarian: fanyarka (hu) Japanese: ザイフリボク属 Korean: 채진목속 (chaejinmoksok) Lithuanian: medlieva f Livvi: tuomipihl’ai Mingrelian: ქურქეჸომური (kurkeʾomuri) Northern Sami: ávžaskábit Norwegian: blåheggslekta Polish: świdośliwa f Portuguese: amelanqueiro Russian: ирга (ru) f (irga) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мѐрала f Roman: mèrala (sh) f Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: muchownik Spanish: guillomo m Swedish: häggmispelsläktet Ukrainian: ірга́ f (irhá), коринка f (korynka), бішмула́ f (bišmulá)

berry of Amelanchier

Cherokee: ᎤᏙᎳᏂ (udolani) Finnish: tuomipihlajan marja French: amélanche (fr) f German: Felsenbirne (de) f Yurok: menomen

References

• Amelanchier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amelanchier on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Amelanchier on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• serviceberry at USDA Plants database