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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana..
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 . . .
There were handfuls of chokecherries for dessert and a lemonade made from sumac.
Use chokecherry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chokecherry means Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana..
Common synonyms include prunus virginiana, chokecherry tree.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 . . .
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