service tree

English

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Etymology

Properly, the tree which bears serve, Old English serves, plural, service berries; akin to Latin sorbus. See sorb.

Noun

service tree (plural service trees)

1. Either of two rare Old World deciduous trees, Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.

Translations

Sorbus domestica or S. torminalis

• Finnish: välimerenpihlaja (fi) (S. domestica), etelänpihlaja (fi) (S. torminalis)

See also

• sorb
• sorb-apple