"chokeberry" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chokeberries [plural]
Etymology: choke + berry, describing the astringency of the fruits, which are inedible when raw. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|choke|berry}} choke + berry Head templates: {{en-noun}} chokeberry (plural chokeberries)
  1. Either of two species in Aronia, formerly and sometimes in Photinia, deciduous shrubs, native to Russia and eastern North America and most commonly found in wet woods and swamps. Categories (lifeform): Berries, Fruits, Pome fruits Translations (deciduous shrub in genus Aronia): арония (aronija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aronia (Finnish), 아로니아속 (aroniasok) (Korean), svartsurbærbusk [neuter] (Norwegian), aronia [feminine] (Polish), aronia [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chokeberry-en-noun-hCHi~raG Disambiguation of Berries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Fruits: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'deciduous shrub in genus Aronia': 76 24
  2. The fruit of such a shrub. Categories (lifeform): Fruits Translations (fruit of such a shrub): svartsurbær [neuter] (Norwegian), aronia [feminine] (Polish), dearc-thachdaidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), aronya (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chokeberry-en-noun-9eutf2nb Disambiguation of Fruits: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'fruit of such a shrub': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black chokeberry, red chokeberry, purple chokeberry

Inflected forms

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