noun
edible purple or red berries
• Syn: ↑saskatoon, ↑serviceberry, ↑juneberry
• Hypernyms: ↑berry
• Part Holonyms: ↑Juneberry, ↑serviceberry, ↑service tree, ↑shadbush, ↑shadblow
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\\ˈshad-, -aa(ə)d- — see berry\ noun1. : the fruit of the shadbush
2. : shadbush
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/shad"ber'ee, -beuh ree/, n., pl. shadberries.
1. the fruit of a shadbush.
2. the plant itself.
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shadˈberry noun
1. The serviceberry shrub (also shadˈbush or shadˈblow)
2. The fruit of the serviceberry, which flowers at shad spawning-time
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Main Entry: ↑shad
Useful english dictionary. 2012.