serviceberry

English

a serviceberry - Amelanchier asiatica

Etymology

From service (“sorb tree”) +‎ berry. (The first part is from Latin sorbus, not English service (“assistance”).)

Noun

serviceberry (plural serviceberries)

1. (Europe) Several species of trees in the genus Sorbus, especially Sorbus domestica and Sorbus torminalis.

   Synonym: service tree

   1. The berries of those trees
2. (Canada, US) Any plant of the genus Amelanchier of small deciduous trees and large shrubs in the family Rosaceae.

   Synonyms: currant-tree, Juneberry, shad-blossom, shadbush

   1. The berry of such a plant.

      Synonyms: saskatoon, juneberry

Derived terms

• running serviceberry

Translations

Amelanchier

• Azerbaijani: irqa
• Belarusian: ірга́ f (irhá)
• Bulgarian: ирга f (irga)
• Cheyenne: hetanémeno'e
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唐棣属

• Czech: muchovník
• Danish: bærmispel
• Dutch: krentenboompje n
• Estonian: toompihlakas
• Finnish: tuomipihlaja (fi)
• French: amélanchier (fr) m
• German: Felsenbirne (de) f
• Hungarian: fanyarka (hu)
• Irish: sceach na sead f
• Japanese: ザイフリボク属
• Korean: 채진목속 (chaejinmoksok)
• Lithuanian: medlieva f
• Livvi: tuomipihl’ai
• Mingrelian: ქურქეჸომური (kurkeʾomuri)
• Northern Sami: ávžaskábit
• Norwegian: blåheggslekta
• Polish: świdośliwa f
• Portuguese: amelanqueiro
• Russian: ирга (ru) f (irga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мѐрала f

  Roman: mèrala (sh) f

• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: muchownik

• Spanish: guillomo m
• Swedish: häggmispelsläktet
• Ukrainian: ірга́ f (irhá), коринка f (korynka), бішмула́ f (bišmulá)

berry of Amelanchier

• Cherokee: ᎤᏙᎳᏂ (udolani)
• Finnish: tuomipihlajan marja
• French: amélanche (fr) f
• German: Felsenbirne (de) f
• Irish: caor sceach na sead f
• Yurok: menomen

References

• Amelanchier on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amelanchier on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Amelanchier on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• serviceberry at USDA Plants database