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service tree

n.

Either of two Mediterranean trees (Sorbus domestica or S. torminalis) having clusters of white flowers, saw-toothed leaves, and edible brownish fruit.

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[From Middle English serves, pl. of serve, the service tree, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus.]

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service tree

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called sorb a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Sorbus domestica, cultivated for its white flowers and brown edible apple-like fruits

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)

wild service tree a similar and related Eurasian tree, Sorbus torminalis

[service, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin sorbea (unattested), from Latin sorbus sorb]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	service tree - medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit sorb apple, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica sorb, sorb apple - acid gritty-textured fruit mountain ash - any of various trees of the genus Sorbus Sorbus torminalis, wild service tree - European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit
	2.	service tree - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit Juneberry, serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush shadberry, juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry - edible purple or red berries Amelanchier, genus Amelanchier - North American deciduous trees or shrubs alder-leaved serviceberry, alderleaf Juneberry, Amelanchier alnifolia - shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits Amelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry - open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems