serviceberry

English

a serviceberry - Amelanchier asiatica

Alternative forms

• service-berry, service berry

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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.

      Synonyms: saskatoon, juneberry

Derived terms

• running serviceberry

Translations

Amelanchier

• Azerbaijani: irqa
• Belarusian: ірга́ f (irhá)
• Bulgarian: ирга f (irga)
• Cheyenne: hetanémeno'e
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唐棣属

• Czech: muchovník
• Danish: bærmispel c
• Dutch: krentenboompje (nl) n
• Estonian: toompihlakas
• Finnish: tuomipihlaja (fi)
• French: amélanchier (fr) m
• German: Felsenbirne (de) f
• Hungarian: fanyarka (hu)
• Irish: sceach na sead f
• 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 m
• Russian: ирга́ (ru) f (irgá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мѐрала f, кру̑швица f, ко̏зја ја̏бучица f

  Roman: mèrala (sh) f, krȗšvica f, kȍzja jȁbučica 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)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tuomipihlajan marja
• French: amélanche (fr) f
• German: Felsenbirne (de) f
• Irish: caor sceach na sead f
• Polish: świdośliwa f
• Russian: ирга́ (ru) f (irgá)
• Yurok: menomen

References

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