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Meaning of JUNEBERRY

Pronunciation:  'joon`beree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  edible purple or red berries
  2. [n]  any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
 
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 Synonyms: saskatoon, service tree, serviceberry, serviceberry, shadberry, shadblow, shadbush
 
 See Also: alderleaf Juneberry, alder-leaved serviceberry, Amelanchier, Amelanchier alnifolia, Amelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry, berry, bush, genus Amelanchier, Juneberry, juneberry, saskatoon, service tree, shadberry, shadblow, shadbush, shrub

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\June"ber`ry\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The small applelike berry of American trees of genus
    {Amelanchier}; -- also called {service berry}.
(b) The shrub or tree which bears this fruit; -- also called
    {shad bush}, and {had tree}.
 

 

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