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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. 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.