serviceberry

/ˌsʌrvəsˈbɛri/

Other forms: serviceberries

Definitions of serviceberry

1. noun

   any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
   synonyms: Juneberry, service tree, shadblow, shadbush

   types:

   Amelanchier alnifolia, alder-leaved serviceberry, alderleaf Juneberry

   shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits

   Amelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry

   open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2. noun

   edible purple or red berries
   synonyms: juneberry, saskatoon, shadberry

   type of:

   berry

   any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves