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chokeberry

/chohk-ber-ee, -buh-ree/US // ˈtʃoʊkˌbɛr i, -bə ri //UK // (ˈtʃəʊkbərɪ, -brɪ) //

苦瓜果,苦瓜果实,苦瓜树,苦瓜子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural choke·ber·ries.

    • : the berrylike fruit of any North American shrub of the genus Aronia, of the rose family, especially A. arbutifolia,A. melanocarpa, or A. prunifolia.
    • : the plant that bears this fruit.

Examples

  • She afterwards discovered that the pink juice of chokeberry did very well for lips, cheeks, and gay dresses.

  • Chokeberry, buckthorn, elder berry, and mulberry will attract birds away from blackberry and raspberry patches.

  • There were thickets of aronia or chokeberry, whose flat white blossoms and reddish bark showed its kinship to the apple tree.