Serviceberry definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Here are a few to get you started: Mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii) has glorious scent; serviceberry, (Amelanchier alnifolia) and salal (Gaultheria shallon) have blooms and berries; and a true Southern Oregonian, Rhododendron occidentale, or Western azalea, for flowers and scent.

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noun The shadbush or one of its fruit.

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In the woodlands, we also find big sagebrush, bitterbrush, western serviceberry, snowberry and green and rubber rabbitbrush. — The Record-Courier - Top Stories
"Sarvis" is correctly called serviceberry, and is one of the earliest trees to bloom in the spring.
Here are a few to get you started: Mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii) has glorious scent; serviceberry, (Amelanchier alnifolia) and salal (Gaultheria shallon) have blooms and berries; and a true Southern Oregonian, Rhododendron occidentale, or Western azalea, for flowers and scent. — MailTribune.com Latest Headlines
However, if you're confident in identifying the edible ones, the bearberry, elderberry, blueberry, high-bush cranberry and serviceberry are safe. — AboutMyPlanet.com
Thorned honeylocust and downy serviceberry in Milford. — Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news