service tree

/ˌsʌrvəs tri/

Other forms: service trees

Definitions of service tree

1. noun

   any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit
   synonyms: Juneberry, serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush

   types:

   Amelanchier alnifolia, alder-leaved serviceberry, alderleaf Juneberry

   shrub or small tree of northwestern North America having fragrant creamy white flowers and small waxy purple-red fruits

   Amelanchier bartramiana, Bartram Juneberry

   open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
2. noun

   medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
   synonyms: Sorbus domestica, sorb apple, sorb apple tree

   types:

   Sorbus torminalis, wild service tree

   European tree bearing edible small speckled brown fruit

   type of:

   mountain ash

   any of various trees of the genus Sorbus