Chokecherry
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chokecherry is a noun meaning Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana.
Meaning
Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana.
More Meanings
- The fruit of this plant.
Example Sentences
There were handfuls of chokecherries for dessert and a lemonade made from sumac.
The youngster-loved chokecherry grows both as a bushy shrub and as a tree seldom higher than 22 feet, its branches bending with clusters of darkening red or blackish purple berrylike drupes . . .
Word Forms
- chokecherries
- choke cherry
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include groundcherry, cherry, chokeberry, cherry tree, hackberry.
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