chokecherry
/chohk-cher-ee/US // ˈtʃoʊkˌtʃɛr i //UK // (ˈtʃəʊkˌtʃɛrɪ) //
樱桃树,樱桃,樱桃园,樱桃花
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural choke·cher·ries.Chiefly Northern U.S.
- : any of several cherries, especially Prunus virginiana, of North America, that bear an astringent fruit.
- : the fruit itself.
Examples
The wild black cherry is the most noxious species, and the chokecherry is not far behind it.
There were some chokecherry bushes higher than her head, and there were other bushes that did not look particularly enlivening.
The surrounding trees were mountain mahogany and chokecherry.
There are two species of gooseberry here, but neither of them yet ripe: nor are the chokecherry, though in great quantities.
Opposite the schoolhouse was a little copse of chokecherry bushes, and we stepped in among them to watch.
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