serviceberry

ser·vice·ber·ry

S0287100 (sûr′vĭs-bĕr′ē)n.1. Any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Amelanchier of the rose family, chiefly found in North America, having clusters of white flowers and edible red to dark purple fruit. Also called service tree, shadblow, shadbush.2. The berrylike fruit of this tree. In both senses also called juneberry, shadberry.

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[service (tree) + berry.]

serviceberry

(ˈsɜːvɪsˌbɛrɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Plants) Also called: shadbush or shadblow any of various North American rosaceous trees or shrubs of the genus Amelanchier, esp A. canadensis, which has white flowers and edible purplish berries2. (Plants) the fruit of any of these plants3. (Plants) the fruit of the service tree Also called (for senses 1, 2): shadberry or Juneberry

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	serviceberry - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruitJuneberry, shadblow, shadbush, service treeshadberry, juneberry, saskatoon, serviceberry - edible purple or red berriesAmelanchier, genus Amelanchier - North American deciduous trees or shrubsalderleaf Juneberry, alder-leaved serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia - shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruitsAmelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry - open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruitsbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	2.	serviceberry - edible purple or red berriesshadberry, juneberry, saskatoonberry - any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preservesJuneberry, serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush, service tree - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit