shad berry

Maritimes

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

Quotations

1801

The last [berries] . . . exactly resemble, in shape and taste, what in the New England states are called shad berries.

1859

M'Kay calls them Shad (?Shade) berries, the Indian name is Meesasskatoom.