DCHP-3

saskatoon willow

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of serviceberry (def. 1), Amelanchier alnifolia, common in the West and prized for its succulent berries.

Quotations

<i>c</i>1804
[[There is] a fine fruit not larger than a currant, tasting much like a pear and growing on a small tree about the size of a willow.]
1889
Their bows are of cherry-wood, strung with a leathern thong, and their arrows of the Saskatoon willow, winged with feathers, and pointed with scrap-iron, filed to a sharp point.