- service tree
- noun Date: 1600 service IV
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
service tree
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service tree — n. [ME serves, pl. of obs. serve < OE syrfe < VL * sorbea < L sorbus < IE base * sor , *ser , red, reddish] 1. a European mountain ash (Sorbus domestica) having small, edible fruit 2. a European mountain ash, the wild service tree (… … English World dictionary
service tree — noun 1. medium sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit • Syn: ↑sorb apple, ↑sorb apple tree, ↑Sorbus domestica • Hypernyms: ↑mountain ash • Hyponyms: ↑wild service tree, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
service tree — noun a tree resembling a rowan, with brown berries. [Sorbus torminalis (wild service tree) and S. domestica.] Origin C16: from an alt. of the plural of obs. serve, from OE syrfe, based on L. sorbus … English new terms dictionary
service tree — /ˈsɜvəs tri/ (say servuhs tree) noun either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis (wild service tree), with similar fruit …
service tree — šermukšnis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erškėtinių (Rosaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Sorbus). atitikmenys: lot. Sorbus angl. mountain ash; rowan tree; service tree; whitebeam vok. Eberesche; Mehlbeere; Sorbus; Vogelbeerbaum; Vogelbeere… … Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas
service tree — naminis šermukšnis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Erškėtinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, maistinis, medieninis, vaisinis, vaistinis augalas (Sorbus domestica), paplitęs šiaurės Afrikoje, pietvakarių Azijoje ir pietų Europoje; naudojamas gėrimams … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
service tree — Shad Shad (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
service tree — 1. either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis (wild service tree), bearing a similar fruit. 2. serviceberry (defs. 2, 3). [1535 45] * * * … Universalium
service tree — European deciduous tree that yields a small brown edible fruit; type of North American tree or shrub that has white flowers and a purplish or blue black le blue black or purplish fruit … English contemporary dictionary
service tree — serv′ice tree n. pln either of two European mountain ashes, Sorbus domestica or S. torminalis, of the rose family, both bearing a small acid fruit that is edible when overripe • Etymology: 1535–45 … From formal English to slang
