SASKATOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saskatoon mean? 

• SASKATOON (noun)
  The noun SASKATOON has 2 senses:

1. a city in central Saskatchewan; the largest city in the province

2. edible purple or red berries

  Familiarity information: SASKATOON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SASKATOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in central Saskatchewan; the largest city in the province

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Saskatoon" is a part of...):

Saskatchewan (one of the three prairie provinces in west central Canada)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Edible purple or red berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

juneberry; saskatoon; serviceberry; shadberry

Hypernyms ("saskatoon" is a kind of...):

berry (any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves)

Holonyms ("saskatoon" is a part of...):

Juneberry; service tree; serviceberry; shadblow; shadbush (any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit)