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chokecherry

noun

Etymology

From choke + cherry, so called from the extreme astringency of the fresh fruit.

  1. derived from κεράσιον — “cherry fruit”
  2. derived from ceresium
  3. derived from ceresia
  4. inherited from *kirsijā✻
  5. inherited from ċiris
  6. derived from cherise
  7. inherited from chery
  8. compounded as chokecherry — “choke + cherry”

Definitions

  1. Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana.

    • The youngster-loved chokecherry grows both as a bushy shrub and as a tree seldom higher than 22 feet, its branches bending with clusters of darkening red or blackish purple berrylike drupes . . .

  2. The fruit of this plant.

    • There were handfuls of chokecherries for dessert and a lemonade made from sumac.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA