lijsterbes
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of lijster (“thrush”) + bes (“berry”). Named because the berries are an important food source for thrushes.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lijsterbes f (plural lijsterbessen, diminutive lijsterbesje n)
- a rowan, a mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia
- Synonyms: gewone lijsterbes, wilde lijsterbes
- a rowan, a whitebeam, a mountain ash, any tree of the genus Sorbus
- a berry of a tree of the above species or genus