juneberry
nounEtymology From June + berry, the berries typically ripening in June.
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Any of several North American trees of the genus Amelanchier, having white flowers and edible, purplish fruit.
- She was kneeling beneath a low-crowned blossoming Juneberry.1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 77:
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The fruit of such a tree.
- Synonyms
- shadbush, serviceberry, saskatoon
- Derived terms
28 terms
alderleaf juneberry, Allegheny juneberry, Bartram juneberry, Canadian jundeberry, coastal juneberry, downy juneberry, Fernald juneberry, Fernald's juneberry, Gaspe juneberry, Gaspé roundleaf juneberry, Huron juneberry, inland juneberry, juneberry holly, Korean juneberry, large-flowered juneberry, low juneberry, Minnesota juneberry, mountain juneberry, Nantucket juneberry, northwestern serviceberry, Nova Scotia juneberry, oblongleaf juneberry, roundleaf juneberry, running juneberry, smooth juneberry, southern juneberry, swamp juneberry, Wiegand juneberry (Amelanchier × wiegandii