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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Either of two Mediterranean trees (Sorbus domestica or S. torminalis) having clusters of white flowers, saw-toothed leaves, and edible brownish fruit.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Either of two rare Old World deciduous trees, Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
  2. n. any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit

Etymologies

  1. Properly, the tree which bears serve, Old English serves, plural, service berries; akin to Latin sorbus. See sorb. (Wiktionary)
  2. From Middle English serves, pl. of serve, the service tree, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. service
  2. Saskatoon
  3. sorb
  1. serve
  2. sorb-apple
  3. checker-tree
  1. corme
  2. service berry
  3. shad bush
  1. sorb apple
  2. sorb tree
  3. service-berry
  1. sorbus
  2. boobyalla
  3. service-tree

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