snowy mespilus

Questions

What does snowy mespilus mean?

Multiple species in the genus Amelanchier:

Where does snowy mespilus come from?

From snowy + mespilus, a borrowing from translingual Mespilus, the genus they were formerly in.

How to pronounce snowy mespilus

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