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ALDER-LEAVED SERVICEBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alder-leaved serviceberry mean?
• ALDER-LEAVED SERVICEBERRY (noun)
The noun ALDER-LEAVED SERVICEBERRY has 1 sense:
1. shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits
Familiarity information: ALDER-LEAVED SERVICEBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALDER-LEAVED SERVICEBERRY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
alder-leaved serviceberry; alderleaf Juneberry; Amelanchier alnifolia
Hypernyms ("alder-leaved serviceberry" is a kind 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)
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