chokeberry

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a species of wild pear, Pyrus arbutifolia.

Quotations

1807

The fruits of this solitary region are the . . . choakberry, and another berry, the name of which I do not know. . . .

1852

P. arbutifolia, choke-berry, is common in the damp thickets of the Northern States, in Newfoundland, in Canada, and onward to the Saskatchewan

2n.

1852

When first lost, she had a large trout, which was the only food she ate, except choke-berries, the first week. . . .