DCHP-3

juneberry†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

any of several bushes or shrubby trees of the genus Amelanchier.

See: serviceberry(def. 1)

Quotations

1853
The berries . . . are known as ... "June-berries," [or] "service-berries. . . ."
1928
The chief attraction . . . was along the fences and hedgerows where, in season, were strawberries, June berries . . . dew berries . . . pin cherries . . . choke-cherries . . . and the orange-red berries of the mountain ash. . . .
2n.

the fruit of any of these plants.

See: serviceberry(def. 2)

Quotations

1913
. . . a grizzly bear [was] found among the Saskatoon (Juneberry) bushes. . . .
1956
The serviceberries, also known as juneberries, shad-bushes, and, in the West, the Saskatoons, are deciduous species with simple alternate leaves and slender unarmed twigs.