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serviceberry†

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: Indian pear(def. 2),juneberry(def. 1),poire(def. 2),saskatoon bush,shadbush

Quotations

1793

[The trees are spruce . . . service tree, bois-picant, &c. . . .]

1860

. . . the English call it "service berry". . . .

1917

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.

2n.

the fruit of any of these plants.

See: Indian pear(def. 1),juneberry(def. 2),pear,poire(def. 1),saskatoon berry(def. 1),shad berry,Siwash berry

Quotations

1853

The berries have received different names in different parts of America. They are known as "shadberries," "June-berries," "service-berries," and by the Canadian voyageurs they are called "le poire."

1879

The best form of pemmican, made for table use, generally has added to it ten pounds of sugar per bag, and saskatoon or service berries. . . .

1964

For variety sometimes dried fruits such as chokecherries, saskatoon or service berries might be added.