chokecherry

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Leaves of wild cherry trees, chokecherry, and other members of the cherry family can be toxic after a frost.

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  1. noun A deciduous North American shrub or small tree (Prunus virginiana) in the rose family, having elongate clusters of small white flowers and astringent, dark red to nearly black fruit.
  2. noun The fruit of this plant.

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  • A single chokecherry was not enough to bring down a dragon. —  Dragon on a Pedestal
  • One lies frozen wide on the snow beneath the chokecherry, an apostrophe in the word of its sudden, violent death II. —  Asimov'sSF,June2007
  • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Williston students who pushed to make the chokecherry North Dakota's official fruit will be coming back to the Legislature with a proposal to ban smoking in vehicles with children.
  • But he told them it likely will be a tougher sell than the chokecherry bill last session.
  • Adams introduced a pint of pickled beets that looked really good, a bag of dehydrated tomatoes that looked equally yummy, some homemade sausage, cucumber pickles, chokecherry syrup, honey, peaches, and grape juice.
 

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