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serviceberry

/sur-vis-ber-ee/US // ˈsɜr vɪsˌbɛr i //UK // (ˈsɜːvɪsˌbɛrɪ) //

狝猴桃,狝猴桃树,狝猴桃园,狝猴桃花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural serv·ice·ber·ries.

    • : the fruit of any service tree.
    • : a North American shrub or small tree, Amelanchier canadensis, of the rose family, having serrate, oblong leaves, clusters of white flowers,and a berrylike fruit.
    • : any of various other plants of the genus Amelanchier.

Examples

  • At Heidi’s house, she looks out into the front yard at the young serviceberry trees, which arrived after her sister’s death.

  • Heidi chose a serviceberry tree that would eventually produce leaves that would turn a brilliant orange in the fall — her favorite color.

  • He'll sit on his haunches before a serviceberry tree, bend the branches with his paws, and eat off the red fruit wholesale.

  • Thickets of Gambel oak and Utah serviceberry cover many hillsides and form a zone of brush at higher elevations in the park.

  • A small nest of shredded juniper bark, and a few leaves of serviceberry, were found inside the log.

  • The woodcut began with a drawing in pen-and-ink on the plank surface of a smooth-grained wood such as pear, serviceberry, or box.

  • In his eyes was the vision of nest and mate, where the serviceberry thicket grew by the wide sub-arctic waters.