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serviceberry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
ser-vice-ber-ry
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.

noun

Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.

noun

Any plant of the genus Amelanchier of small deciduous trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae.

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

Any plant of the genus Amelanchier of small deciduous trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae.

Canadian usage; American usage

Etymology

Compound of service (“sorb tree”) + berry. (The first part is from Latin sorbus, not English service (“assistance”).)

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

serviceberries (plural) service-berry (alternative) service berry (alternative)

Phrases

running serviceberry

Synonyms

service tree currant-tree Juneberry shad-blossom shadbush saskatoon shadberry shadblow

Questions

What does serviceberry mean?
Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.
Where does serviceberry come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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