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
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.
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