SORB APPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sorb apple mean? 

• SORB APPLE (noun)
  The noun SORB APPLE has 2 senses:

1. medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit

2. acid gritty-textured fruit

  Familiarity information: SORB APPLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SORB APPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

service tree; sorb apple; sorb apple tree; Sorbus domestica

Hypernyms ("sorb apple" is a kind of...):

mountain ash (any of various trees of the genus Sorbus)

Meronyms (parts of "sorb apple"):

sorb; sorb apple (acid gritty-textured fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sorb apple"):

Sorbus torminalis; wild service tree (European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Acid gritty-textured fruit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

sorb; sorb apple

Hypernyms ("sorb apple" is a kind of...):

edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)

Holonyms ("sorb apple" is a part of...):

service tree; sorb apple; sorb apple tree; Sorbus domestica (medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit)