Service Tree Definition
noun
A European mountain ash (Sorbus domestica) having small, edible fruit.
Webster's New World
A European mountain ash, the wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), similar to this.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- sorbus-domestica
- sorb apple tree
- sorb-apple
- shadblow
- shadbush
- serviceberry
- juneberry
Other Word Forms of Service Tree
Noun
Singular:
service tree
Plural:
service-treesOrigin of Service Tree
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Properly, the tree which bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve "˜sorb apple, serviceberry', from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus "˜service tree'. See sorb.
From Wiktionary
From Middle English serves pl. of serve the service tree from Old English syrfe from Vulgar Latin sorbea from Latin sorbus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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