shadbush

shad·bush

S0308200 (shăd′bo͝osh′)n. See serviceberry.

[From its being in bloom when shad are found in streams.]

shadbush

(ˈʃædˌbʊʃ) n (Plants) another name for serviceberry¹

Thesaurus

Noun

shadbush - any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruitJuneberry, serviceberry, shadblow, 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

shadbush

shadbush,

Juneberry,

serviceberry,

any species of the genus Amelanchier of the family Rosaceae (roserose,
common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses.
..... Click the link for more information. family), chiefly North American shrubs or trees conspicuous in the early spring for their white blossoms. The bush is more often called shadbush on the East Coast (it is said to bloom when the shad are running); serviceberry is in general a Western name. The huckleberrylike fruits of native species were eaten by the Native Americans and are still sometimes collected. They are an important wildlife food. Some kinds of shadbush are cultivated for ornament. The wood is very hard. Shadbushes are classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae.

shadbush

Related to shadbush: serviceberry, Shadbush serviceberry

noun

Synonyms for shadbush

noun any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit

Synonyms

Juneberry
serviceberry
shadblow
service tree

Related Words

shadberry
juneberry
saskatoon
serviceberry
Amelanchier
genus Amelanchier
alderleaf Juneberry
alder-leaved serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
Amelanchier bartramiana
Bartram Juneberry
bush
shrub